💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Direct object"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| object of the verbnoun | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
| objective casenoun | (grammar) the form of a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb or a preposition. |
| objective clausenoun | (grammar) A clause that takes place of the direct object of a verb. |
| objectnoun | A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. |
| object clausenoun | (grammar) A clause that is the object of a sentence. |
| verb-objectnoun | verb-object phrase |
| objectivenoun | A goal that is striven for. |
| depictive | Of or pertaining to depiction. |
| absolute formnoun | (philosophy) The Platonic form of the supreme idea in which all other ideas participate. |
| noun adjunctnoun | (grammar) A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word or a compound noun or noun phrase. |
| noun clausenoun | (grammar) A clause that is used as a subject or object. |
| reflexive verbnoun | A verb whose subject and direct object are the same. |
| verb phrasenoun | (grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries. |
| intensive pronounnoun | (grammar) A pronoun used to emphasize some other nominal element in its clause: |
| transitivitynoun | (grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects. |
| verboidnoun | (grammar) Any of various grammatical entities that resemble verbs in some way. |
| cognate accusativenoun | (grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”). |
| aktionsartnoun | (grammar) A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; lexical aspect. |
| subobjectnoun | An object that is part of another object. |
| incorporationnoun | The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated. |
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