'Modifier' definitions:
Definition of 'modifier'
(from WordNet)
noun
A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb [syn: modifier, qualifier]
noun
A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
noun
A person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" [syn: changer, modifier]
noun
A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene [syn: modifier, modifier gene]
Definition of 'Modifier'
From: GCIDE
- Modifier \Mod"i*fi`er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, modifies. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'modifier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- alterant,
- alterative,
- alterer,
- appositive,
- attribute,
- attributive,
- catalyst,
- catalytic agent,
- complement,
- construction modifier,
- cutting,
- deep structure,
- direct object,
- ferment,
- filler,
- form-function unit,
- function,
- IC analysis,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- indirect object,
- innovationist,
- innovator,
- introducer,
- leaven,
- levels,
- modificator,
- object,
- phrase structure,
- precursor,
- predicate,
- qualifier,
- ranks,
- shallow structure,
- slot,
- slot and filler,
- strata,
- structure,
- subject,
- surface structure,
- syntactic analysis,
- syntactic structure,
- syntactics,
- syntax,
- tagmeme,
- transformer,
- transmogrifier,
- underlying structure,
- word arrangement,
- word order,
- yeast