Hypernyms for "pupil"
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Hypernyms
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art student
auditor
boarder
catechumen
college boy
college man
collegian
crammer
day boarder
Etonian
Ivy Leaguer
latchkey child
law student
major
medical student
medico
neophyte
nonachiever
nonreader
overachiever
passer
scholar
schoolboy
seminarian
seminarist
sixth-former
skipper
underachiever
underperformer
withdrawer
Wykehamist
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.