Term: sophist: any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
Candidate hypernym: person: a human being → 1
Candidate hypernym: howler: a glaring blunder → 0
Candidate hypernym: job's comforter: someone whose comfort is actually discouraging → 0
Candidate hypernym: argyll: a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm → 0
Candidate hypernym: shining willow: common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: popularization: the act of making something attractive to the general public → 0
Candidate hypernym: rathskeller: a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall → 0
Candidate hypernym: purulence: symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) → 0
Candidate hypernym: furosemide: commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema → 0
Candidate hypernym: fugue: a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days → 0
Candidate hypernym: title: an appellation signifying nobility → 0