adjectivenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈædʒ.ek.tɪv/us/ˈædʒ.ek.tɪv/A2 a word that describes a noun or pronoun:
"Big", "boring", "purple", and "obvious" are all adjectives.
More examples
- In the sentence 'She is happy', 'happy' is a predicative adjective.
- Complete the sentence with one of the adjectives provided.
- You can change the adjective 'sweet' into a noun by adding the suffix '-ness' to the end of the word.
- In 'a sudden movement', 'sudden' is an adjective in the attributive position.
- I don't think I'd call it a beautiful picture - 'interesting' might be a better adjective to use!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conj
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- pron
- proper noun
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adjectival
adjective uk/ˌædʒ.ekˈtaɪ.vəl/us/ˌædʒ.ekˈtaɪ.vəl/
an adjectival phrase
adjectivally
adverb uk/ˌædʒ.ekˈtaɪ.vəl.i/us/ˌædʒ.ekˈtaɪ.vəl.i/
In "kitchen table", the noun "kitchen" is used adjectivally.