hyponym()
Syntax
hyponym(query)
Description
Returns the implementation of query. This can usually be considered as an "example" of the given query. The returned value is a list of elements which are themselves a list of related synonyms. For a more extensive search of hyponyms, use the hyponyms() command.
Example
import wordnet
print wordnet.hyponym("train")
>>>[['boat train'], ['car train'], ['freight train', 'rattler'],
>>> ['hospital train'], ['mail train'], ['passenger train'],
>>> ['streamliner'], ['subway train']]
You can walk through a list of lists as follows:
for implementation in wordnet.hyponym("train"):
for synonym in implementation:
print synonym
>>>boat train
>>>car train
>>>freight train
>>>rattler
>>>hospital train
>>>mail train
>>>passenger train
>>>streamliner
>>>subway train