adjective

adjective has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
• n.. Not standing by itself; dependent.
• n.. Relating to procedure.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A dependent; an accessory.
• v. t.. To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
• n.. the word class that qualifies nouns
• n.. a word that expresses an attribute of something
• a.. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"
• a.. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause"