English Explanatory Dictionary

attributive noun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
  2. A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

Word forms

attributive noun attributive nouns

Synonyms

noun adjunct noun modifier noun premodifier qualifying noun apposite noun
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