constituent

constituent is a 11-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
2. adjective. Having the power of electing or appointing.
3. noun. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
4. noun. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.
5. noun. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.
6. noun. A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
7. 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"

   Synonyms: component, element

8. noun. an abstract part of something

   "jealousy was a component of his character"

   "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"

   Synonyms: component, element, factor, ingredient

9. noun. (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
10. 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"

11. 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"

    Synonyms: component, part, portion

12. adjective. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

    Synonyms: constitutional, constitutive, organic

Synonyms

component, element, factor, ingredient, part, portion, constitutional, constitutive, organic

Common word forms

constituents, constituently

Words from these letters

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