ADJECTIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does adjective mean?
• ADJECTIVE (noun)
The noun ADJECTIVE has 2 senses:
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns
Familiarity information: ADJECTIVE used as a noun is rare.
• ADJECTIVE (adjective)
The adjective ADJECTIVE has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
Familiarity information: ADJECTIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADJECTIVE (noun)
Meaning:
A word that expresses an attribute of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("adjective" is a kind of...):
modifier; qualifier (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjective"):
descriptive adjective; qualifying adjective (an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., 'a nervous person' or 'a musical speaking voice'))
classifying adjective; relational adjective (an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., 'a nervous disease' or 'a musical instrument'))
comparative (the comparative form of an adjective)
superlative (the superlative form of an adjective)
Meaning:
The word class that qualifies nouns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("adjective" is a kind of...):
major form class (any of the parts of speech of traditional grammar)
• ADJECTIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
adjectival; adjective
Context examples:
adjectival syntax / an adjective clause
Pertainym:
adjective (the word class that qualifies nouns)
Meaning:
Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
Synonyms:
adjective; procedural
Context example:
adjective law
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Antonym:
substantive (defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established)
