Complete Definition of "holonym"

English

Etymology
From the Greek holon "whole" + onoma "name"

Noun
en-noun

  1. A word which includes the given part or parts.

#: Examples:
#:: body is a holonym of arm, leg and heart
#:: word is a holonym of letter

Antonyms
meronym
synecdoche

Related terms
holonymy

Holonyms
semantic network
thesaurus

Hypernyms
semantic relation

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