'Constituent' definitions:
Definition of 'constituent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) [syn: constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic]
noun
An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [syn: component, constituent, element]
noun
A member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
noun
Something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent]
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction [syn: constituent, grammatical constituent]
noun
An abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient]
Definition of 'Constituent'
From: GCIDE
- Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\ (k[o^]n*st[i^]t"[-u]*[-e]nt), a. [L. constituens, -entis, p. pr. See Constitute.]
- 1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component. [1913 Webster]
- Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the power of electing or appointing. [1913 Webster]
- A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. --Junius. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Constituent'
From: GCIDE
- Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\, n.
- 1. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs. [1913 Webster]
- Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance. --Sir M. Hale [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element. [1913 Webster]
- We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative. [1913 Webster]
- The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents. --Abbot. [1913 Webster]
- To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'constituent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ab ovo,
- adjunct,
- adoptive,
- air,
- appointive,
- appurtenance,
- aspect,
- atom,
- atomic particles,
- basal,
- basic,
- brute matter,
- building block,
- census,
- chemical element,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- circumstance,
- component,
- composition,
- constituents,
- constitutive,
- content,
- contents,
- detail,
- discriminating,
- division,
- divisions,
- earth,
- eclectic,
- elective,
- electoral,
- element,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- elements,
- essential,
- factor,
- feature,
- fire,
- fixings,
- formative,
- fraction,
- fundamental,
- fundamental particle,
- gut,
- guts,
- hyle,
- hypostasis,
- index,
- ingredient,
- ingredients,
- innards,
- insides,
- integral,
- integrant,
- inventory,
- item,
- items,
- list,
- makings,
- material,
- material world,
- materiality,
- matter,
- molecule,
- monad,
- natural world,
- nature,
- of the essence,
- original,
- part,
- part and parcel,
- particular,
- parts,
- physical world,
- plenum,
- portion,
- primal,
- primary,
- primitive,
- radical,
- selecting,
- selective,
- specialty,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- substratum,
- the four elements,
- underlying,
- unit of being,
- water,
- whole