💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Adjective phrase"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adjectival phrasenoun | Alternative form of adjective phrase. [(grammar) A phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and can include an adverbial phrase as a modifier within it.] |
| adverbial phrasenoun | (grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase. |
| adjectival | (grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. |
| noun phrasenoun | (grammar) A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun. |
| adverbialnoun | (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase. |
| attributivenoun | (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive. |
| pronominal phrasenoun | (grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a pronoun. |
| nominal | Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names. |
| descriptive | Of, relating to, or providing a description. |
| adverbial participlenoun | (grammar) A participle that modifies a verb in the same sentence and is equivalent to an adverbial clause in English. Adverbial participles may denote time, condition, cause, concession, manner, means, purpose, or attendant circumstance. |
| adnounnoun | (grammar) an adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective). |
| adnominalnoun | (grammar) The adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause. |
| pronominal | (linguistics, grammar) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun. |
| appositivenoun | (grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition |
| predicative | (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun from within a predicate. |
| adverbial genitivenoun | (grammar) A noun declined in the genitive case that functions as an adverb. |
| adverbializernoun | (grammar) A morpheme, particle, etc. that converts a word into an adverb. |
| postpositive adjectivenoun | (grammar) An adjective that follows the noun or pronoun that it modifies. |
| phrasal | (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech. |
| phrasal verbnoun | (linguistics, more loosely) A phrase, consisting of a verb with a preposition and/or adverb, that has idiomatic meaning. |
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