From: https://everything2.com/title/Hypernym

• Hypernym is a word that is more generic than a given word, representing a class, a superordinate word.
  • Smell is a hypernym for scent, stink, fragrance, etc.

From: https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypernym

• • “Insect” is a hypernym for “ant”, because an ant is a type of insect.
  • Some hypernyms of the word “cat” are “mammal”, “pet”, “carnivore”, and “quadruped”.

From: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponymy_and_hypernymy

• A hypernym is sometimes also called an umbrella term or a blanket term.
• Red:Color :: Hyponym:Hypernym
• In CS, the hyponymic relationship, the relationship between hyponyms and hypernym is often called an “is-a” relationship.
  • For example, the phrase 'Red is-a colour' describes the hyponymic relationship between red and colour.

See also:

• https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hypernyms
• https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/single-word-requests
• https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320749/what-is-the-single-word-category-name-for-such-things-as-breakfast-lunch-dinne