hyponym, hyponymy 1. A name made invalid by the lack of adequate contemporary description of the taxon it was intended to designate. 2. A term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class; such as, 'chair' and 'table' are hyponyms of furniture. A word that has a more specific meaning than another term; for example, in the relationship betwe... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1020/9