Hypernyms for "Ball"
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                    baseball
                    basketball
                    beach ball
                    beachball
                    billiard ball
                    bocce ball
                    bocci ball
                    boccie ball
                    bolus
                    bowl
                    bowling ball
                    camphor ball
                    clew
                    clot
                    coagulum
                    cobblers
                    cotilion
                    cotillion
                    cricket ball
                    croquet ball
                    crystal ball
                    daisy cutter
                    fancy-dress ball
                    field hockey ball
                    fireball
                    football
                    globule
                    gob
                    golf ball
                    handball
                    jack
                    lacrosse ball
                    marble
                    masked ball
                    masquerade ball
                    medicine ball
                    mothball
                    ninepin ball
                    pellet
                    ping-pong ball
                    playground ball
                    polo ball
                    pool ball
                    prom
                    promenade
                    punch bag
                    punchball
                    punching bag
                    punching ball
                    racquetball
                    roulette ball
                    rugby ball
                    skittle ball
                    snowball
                    soccer ball
                    softball
                    spherule
                    squash ball
                    tennis ball
                    time-ball
                    undescended testicle
                    undescended testis
                    volleyball
                    Wiffle
                    Wiffle Ball
            
    What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.