VIEWPOINT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a mental position from which things are viewed
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians
    • teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events
    Hypernyms(s) viewpoint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a place from which something can be viewed
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley
    Hypernyms(s) viewpoint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower