holonym
nounUK /ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/ · US /ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/
Etymology From hol- + -onym.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Philosophy, Sciences, Semantics A term that denotes the whole of which another term's referent is a part.
- Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus
- The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye", which is a holonym of the word "retina".
- Derived terms
- holonymic, holonymous, holonymy
- Related terms
- hypernym, synecdoche, Wiktionary:Semantic relations