The -nyms Puzzle
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- 1. A polysemous word and partial homonym or homophone to ‘wind’. Also included in the title of the famous Disney song sang by Pocahontas involving colors.
- 5. Teacups and Pots are part of what hypernym class? Mrs. Potts and Chip featured in Beauty and the Beast are composed of such fragile material.
- 6. Mike Wazowski can be classified as a co-hyponym to which character whom shares the same hypernym and career path?
- 8. A polysemous word that can be used as a verb, adjective or noun which can also be paired with ‘domestic’ to create a binary pair. Pocahontas and her people were often times described/referred to as this.
- 10. A word that is a synonym to a ‘male ruler’ or one who inherits the position by birth. Simba received this title upon his father’s death.
- 14. Both a synonym and direct translation for the phrase ‘no worries’ featured in the hit Disney movie The Lion King. (Hint: It’s a problem free, philosophy).
- 16. A gradable antonym for heated, past principle for freeze. This gradable antonym was also the title of a 3D computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney.
- 17. A reversive antonym to ‘lend’, a verb. Mulan performed this action when war struck China and she was in need of her father’s army gear.
- 18. A polysemous word that can indicate either an instrument used to apply to a lock, or an answer sheet for tests or assignments. Cinderella calls on her mice to retrieve this item when she is trapped in the attic.
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- 2. Rex, one of Andy’s beloved toys in Toy Story, belonged to which hypernym class?
- 3. A polysemous word which can refer to a child’s head during labour, the top or highest part of a mountain or a circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority. This word can also serve as a metonym for British authority. This metonym was mistaken as a bracelet by the lost princess, Rapunzel.
- 4. A word that is a hyponym to the hypernym ‘fruit’. Snow White was once poisoned by this hyponym, fortunately she recovered.
- 5. When faced with difficulty and hardships, Dory reminds us to “Just keep swimming”. What word is being represented by the metonym ‘swimming’ in this given phrase? Dory repeats this phrase to fuel Marvin with motivation to continue on with his journey.
- 7. ‘Feet’ can be shown as a meronym to what word? In Addition, ‘body’ can also be categorized as a holonym to this term. Ariel was once promised these meronyms by Ursula in exchange for her voice.
- 9. Dory and Nemo are both co-hyponyms belonging to what hypernym class?
- 11. A word which can be classified as a binary pair alongside ‘woman’. Also included in the song title of the hit Phil Collins song featured is Tarzan.
- 12. A polysemous word meaning to either carry or support or to refer to a mammal of the Ursidae family. It can also be classified as a homonym and homophone to bare. Classic Disney movie involving two brothers.
- 13. The hyponyms ‘sister’, ‘brother’, ‘father’ and ‘mother’ belong to what hypernym group? A direct translation of this hypernym is ‘Ohana’.
- 15. A synonym for ‘dawn’, but most commonly referred to as Sleeping Beauty. Also the name of a city in North Central Colorado, east of Denver.
- 17. Polysemous word which can indicate a small insect, a miniature microphone typically concealed or an error in a computer program or system. Also classified as a hypernym to the hyponyms caterpillar or butterfly. Also a classic Disney movie featuring Flick and an inside look to the insect world.