Term: devil's advocate: someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: fettuccine: pasta in flat strips wider than linguine → 0
Candidate hypernym: american bugbane: bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: teju: large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food → 0
Candidate hypernym: grinding wheel: a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding → 0
Candidate hypernym: nomogram: a graphic representation of numerical relations → 0
Candidate hypernym: american elm: large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: real-estate business: the business of selling real estate → 0
Candidate hypernym: skateboarding: the sport of skating on a skateboard → 0
Candidate hypernym: favism: anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency → 0
Candidate hypernym: kepler's second law: a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times → 0