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Comeronym

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comeronymynoun(semantics, linguistics) The semantic relation between comeronyms (names for parts of a whole); the quality of being comeronymous.
holonymynoun(semantics, philosophy) A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
holonymnoun(semantics, philosophy) A term that denotes the whole of which another term's referent is a part.
meronymnoun(semantics, philosophy) A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.
paronymnoun(semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
metonymnoun(grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
meronymynoun(semantics, philosophy) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.
metonymynoun(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
merismusnoun(rhetoric) A metonymic term to describe a type of synecdoche in which two parts of a thing, perhaps contrasting or complementary parts, are made to stand for the whole.
homonymnoun(semantics, strictly) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
oronymnounA phrase or sentence that sounds the same as another phrase or sentence.
coordinate termnoun(semantics) A term (word or noun phrase) that shares a hypernym (or hypernymic noun phrase) with another: that is, one that names another type (kind) within the same class.
synonymnoun(semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
homonymynoun(semantics) The property of being a homonym.
metonymicOf, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
hypernymnoun(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect (being a hypernym) for ant.
cohyponymnoun(semantics) Synonym of coordinate term.
taxonymnounA word used for classification purposes, that is, one that makes up part of a taxonomy; a name or label for a taxon or clade
polynymnounOne of multiple names for the same thing.
co-hyponymnoun(semantics) Alternative form of cohyponym; Synonym of coordinate term. [(semantics) Synonym of coordinate term.]

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