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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5 relation types

More general

3 entries
grammatical descriptorlinguistic termpronoun

More specific

5 entries
anticipatory itdummy subjectdummy subject modifierplaceholder qualifierstructure modifier

Collocations

12 entries
dummy 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 entries
expletive pronounsmore expletive pronounmost expletive pronoun

Derivations

6 entries
expletiveexpletive pronoun usageexpletive pronounishexpletive pronounlikeexpletively pronounlikeexpletiveness