Definition of SUPERORDINATE

superordinate

Meanings

Plural: superordinates

Noun

  • one of greater rank or station or quality
  • a word that is more generic than a given word
  • That which is superordinate.
  • That which is superordinate.
  • Synonym of hypernym.

Verb

  • place in a superior order or rank
    • "These two notions are superordinated to a third"
  • To cause to be superordinate.

Adjective Satellite

  • of higher rank or status or value

Adj

  • Greater in degree, rank or position.
  • The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
  • hypernymic

Synonyms

higher-up, hypernym, superior, superordinate word, supraordinate:

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