hyponym n 1: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: {hyponym}, {subordinate}, {subordinate word}]
hyponym \hyponym\ n. (linguistics) a word that is more specific (less abstract) than a given word; a term designating a class which is a subtype of the given word; a subcategory; a subtype. Inverse of hypernym; as, "dog" is a hyponym of "mammal", and "mammal" is a hyponym of "vertebrate". Syn: subordinate, subordinate word. [WordNet 1.5]