Term: phatic speech: conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
Candidate hypernym: conversation: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. → 1
Candidate hypernym: taurotragus: African antelopes: elands → 0
Candidate hypernym: pleurodont: an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets → 0
Candidate hypernym: volvaria: agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva → 0
Candidate hypernym: margrave: the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany → 0
Candidate hypernym: surrealist: an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus gloriosa: sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily → 0
Candidate hypernym: pool: an organization of people or resources that can be shared → 0
Candidate hypernym: procuress: a woman pimp → 0
Candidate hypernym: lay-up: a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) → 0
Candidate hypernym: defecator: a person who defecates → 0