Dictionary Entry
adjective
adjective is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 26 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
- 2noun
Not standing by itself; dependent.
- 3noun
Relating to procedure.
- 4noun
A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
- 5noun
A dependent; an accessory.
- 6transitive verb
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
- 7noun
the word class that qualifies nouns
- 8noun
a word that expresses an attribute of something
- 9adjective
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
"adjective law"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
"adjectival syntax"
"an adjective clause"
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