supercategory
Broader classification level
A supercategory is a broad classification that contains other categories within it.
In taxonomy, organization systems, or data structures, it sits above subordinate categories: Furniture is the supercategory for chairs, tables, and beds.
The term appears most often in technical contexts—database design, machine learning, and formal classification schemes.
Grouping by shared traits
- phylumMajor classification rank
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- domainArea of control
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
family · genus · parent · umbrella · overarching · top-level · higher-order · superordinate
Deriving principles from examples
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- universalAffecting all equally
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
paradigm · essence · abstraction · principle · pattern · model · template · schema
Systematic grouping by traits
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- cladisticsClassification by common descent
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- binomialExpression with two terms
nomenclature · species · genus · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom
class
Grouping by shared traits
order · family · genus · parent · umbrella · overarching · top-level · higher-order · superordinate · hypernym
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
archetype · paradigm · essence · abstraction · principle · pattern · model · template · schema · hypernym
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- cladisticsClassification by common descent
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
binomial · nomenclature · species · genus · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom · domain
supercategorysubcategory
Subdivision of classification
subset · subclass · subtype · subgroup · subdivision
super, category, categories, categorical, categorically, categorize, categorization, categorized, categorizing