Hypernyms for "bookman"
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academician
alum
alumna
alumnus
Arabist
bibliographer
bibliophile
book lover
booklover
bookworm
Cabalist
doctor
Dr.
generalist
goliard
grad
graduate
historian
historiographer
humanist
initiate
Islamist
Kabbalist
learned person
licentiate
Masorete
Masorite
Massorete
master
medieval Schoolman
mujtihad
musicologist
pedant
philomath
philosopher
post doc
postdoc
pundit
reader
Renaissance man
salutatorian
salutatory speaker
savant
scholastic
scholiast
schoolman
Shakespearean
Shakespearian
Sinologist
theologian
theologiser
theologist
theologizer
valedictorian
valedictory speaker
Vedist
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.