Expletive pronoun
Synonyms for "expletive pronoun" (25 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Noun(4 words)
blank pronoundummy pronoundummy subject adjectivedummy subject pronoun
Adjective(1 words)
educational pond ecosystem
Strong matches (8)
Noun(7 words)
empty subject pronounfunction first descriptorgrammatical descriptorgrammatical framegrammatical role termit support contractmost garden plant
Determiner(1 words)
Related words (12)
Noun(11 words)
placeholder pronounpronoun placeholderpronoun usagepropositional itstructural descriptorstructural usagesyntactic patternsyntactic placeholder adjectivesyntactic pronounteaching inorganic catalogusage pattern
Adverb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesMore specific
5 entriesanticipatory itdummy subjectdummy subject modifierplaceholder qualifierstructure modifier
Collocations
12 entriesdummy subject constructionexpletive constructionexpletive pronoun exampleexpletive pronoun explanationexpletive pronoun formexpletive pronoun functionexpletive pronoun grammarexpletive pronoun meaningexpletive pronoun placementexpletive pronoun usageit as expletive subjectthere expletive usage
Inflections
3 entriesexpletive pronounsmore expletive pronounmost expletive pronoun
Derivations
6 entriesexpletiveexpletive pronoun usageexpletive pronounishexpletive pronounlikeexpletively pronounlikeexpletiveness