Hypernyms for "route"
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Hypernyms
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                    access road
                    air lane
                    airway
                    approach pattern
                    beat
                    beeline
                    bus route
                    bypath
                    byroad
                    byway
                    cart track
                    cartroad
                    causeway
                    celestial orbit
                    circuit
                    clearway
                    corduroy
                    crosscut
                    cutoff
                    data track
                    detour
                    direction
                    drive
                    driveway
                    electron orbit
                    fairway
                    feeder line
                    flight path
                    flyway
                    highway
                    line
                    line of fire
                    line of flight
                    line of march
                    main line
                    main road
                    migration route
                    orbit
                    paper round
                    paper route
                    parkway
                    pattern
                    post road
                    private road
                    rail line
                    railway line
                    roadway
                    round
                    roundabout way
                    shortcut
                    side road
                    skid road
                    skyway
                    slip road
                    speedway
                    supply line
                    supply route
                    thoroughfare
                    track
                    trade route
                    traffic pattern
                    turnoff
                    way
            
    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.