Term: authority: an expert whose views are taken as definitive
Candidate hypernym: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully → 1
Candidate hypernym: basking shark: large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: obsession: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone → 0
Candidate hypernym: fissiped mammal: terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons → 0
Candidate hypernym: politeness: the act of showing regard for others → 0
Candidate hypernym: opening: becoming open or being made open → 0
Candidate hypernym: snail darter: a small snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River → 0
Candidate hypernym: honey guide: small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae → 0
Candidate hypernym: theater of the absurd: plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless → 0
Candidate hypernym: salve: anything that remedies or heals or soothes → 0
Candidate hypernym: walking stick: any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies → 0