'adjective' definitions:
Definition of 'adjective'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: adjectival, adjective]
adjective
Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law" [syn: adjective, procedural] [ant: essential, substantive]
noun
A word that expresses an attribute of something
noun
The word class that qualifies nouns
Synonyms of 'adjective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjectival,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- attributive,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- exclamatory noun,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- interjection,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- subordinating conjunction,
- verbal adjective