adjective
Word Statistics
Academic vocabulary
Regularly used in writing and speech
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Academic vocabulary
- • Standard complexity
1. (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
"The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives."
2. A dependent; an accessory.
1. To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
2. (chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
1. Incapable of independent function.
2. (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
3. Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
4. (of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
Synonyms
≠ Antonyms
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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