modifier
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Types & categories
- content word hypernym
- intensifier hyponym
- adjective hyponym
- adverb hyponym
- dangling modifier hyponym
Parts & wholes
- phrase part holonym
Related & opposite
- modify derivation
Sense 2 noun
a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
Types & categories
- moderator hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a person who changes something
an inveterate changer of the menu
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- adulterator hyponym
- normalizer hyponym
- standardizer hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
Types & categories
- gene hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | phrase |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | content word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intensifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjective |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adverb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dangling modifier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | moderator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | adulterator |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | normalizer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | standardizer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | gene |