Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umbrella term

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: um-brel-la term
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term used to cover a broad category of things rather than a single specific item.

Example Sentences

"“Cryptology” is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and cryptanalysis."
"Today "queer" is an umbrella term for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people."
"Transmasculine is an umbrella term referring to individuals who were assigned to a female gender role at birth but at some point come to self-identify as men, or with some other masculine identity, rather than seeing themselves as women."

Inflected Forms

umbrella terms (plural)

Synonyms

blanket term hypernym

Questions

What does umbrella term mean?: A term used to cover a broad category of things rather than a single specific item.

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