Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adjective

The word "adjective" can be used as noun, adjective, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

substantive

Capable Of

agree with noun

Coordinate Terms

adjunct adjunctive adjutant

Derived Terms

adjectival adjective clause adjective dye adjective law adjective patterns adjective phrase adjective pronoun adjective verb adjectivehood adjectiveless adjectively adjectivism adjectivitis adjectivity adjectivization common adjective deadjectival nonadjective overadjectived phrasal adjective predicate adjective proadjective proper adjective unadjectived verbal adjective い-adjective な-adjective

Distinct From

adverb advert

Etymologically Related To

epithet

Context

chemistry grammar law legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

major form class modifier noun qualifier word

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

adjunct attributive adjective cardinal adjective demonstrative adjective descriptive adjective i-adjective indefinite adjective interrogative adjective limiting adjective na-adjective nominalized adjective numerical adjective ordinal adjective participial adjective possessional adjective possessive adjective postpositive adjective predicative adjective prepositive adjective privative adjective proper adjective quasi-adjective relational adjective relative adjective substantive adjective

Type Of (IsA)

major form class modifier noun open class word part of speech word form

Related Terms

accessory adjectival dependent describe describer describes describing describing function describing part descriptive descriptive grammar fast function grammar modify mordant part sentences word

Synonym Network

adjectival

Used For

describe noun

Related Topic Clusters

Creative Writing Vocabulary

Evocative words for fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.