Hypernyms for "politician"
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Hypernyms
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boss
campaigner
candidate
city manager
Communist
demagog
demagogue
Democrat
Federalist
governor
Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
Grigori Potemkin
Grigori Potyokin
hack
Labourite
legislator
machine politician
mayor
Mugwump
national leader
nominee
noncandidate
party boss
party liner
party man
political boss
political hack
Potemkin
Potyokin
rabble-rouser
Republican
sachem
socialist
solon
standard-bearer
statesman
technocrat
ward-heeler
Whig
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.