Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: contentive, lexical word
Antonyms: function word, grammatical word, functor
noun
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: open-class word
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: word
Narrower terms: headword, head word, noun, verb, modifier, qualifier
History
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Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
