The term Hypernym denotes a word, usually somewhat vague and broad in meaning, that other more specific words fall under or are fairly encompassed by. For example, vehicle denotes all the things that are separately denoted by the words train, chariot, dogsled, airplane, and automobile and is therefore a hypernym of each of those words. Conversely, the words train, chariot etc. are hyponyms of vehicle. Hypernymy is the semantic relation in which one word is the hypernym of another. Hypernymy, th… (More on Hypernym)