Synonyms and antonyms of Describing words, clauses and sentences in American Thesaurus

anaphoric (adjective)

relating to the use of words such as a pronoun, the verb ‘do’, or the words ‘so’ and ‘nor’ in a sentence instead of repeating a word used earlier

cataphoric (adjective)

relating to the use of a word or phrase in a sentence which stands for a word or phrase that is used later

compound (adjective)

linguistics a compound noun, adjective, or verb is a combination of two or more words

conditional (adjective)

linguistics a conditional clause usually begins with “if” or “unless” and says what must happen or exist in order for the information in the main part of the sentence to be true

declarative (adjective)

a declarative sentence is expressed as a statement

deictic (adjective)

relating to words or phrases whose meaning depends on the situation in which they are used, for example “you,” “there,” or “last month”

feminine (adjective)

linguistics feminine nouns, pronouns, and adjectives have different forms from masculine or neuter words in some languages

feminine (noun)

belonging to one of the groups that nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are divided into in some languages. The others are masculine and neuter.

frequentative (adjective)

expressing an action that is often repeated

grammatical (adjective)

a grammatical sentence follows the rules of grammar correctly

grammatical (adjective)

grammatical words help to give sentences their structure, instead of expressing a particular meaning. Examples are words such as “of” and “for.”

inflected (adjective)

an inflected form of a word is a form that is different from the basic form, for example a plural form of a noun

irregular (adjective)

linguistics not following the usual rules of grammar. For example, “eat” is an irregular verb because its past tense is “ate” and its past participle is “eaten,” not “eated.”

lexical (adjective)

relating to words

lexical relation (noun)

an association between different words or meanings in a language

masculine (adjective)

linguistics masculine nouns, pronouns, and adjectives have different forms from feminine or neuter words in some languages

multiword (adjective)

consisting of two or more words

neuter (adjective)

neuter nouns, pronouns, and adjectives have different forms from feminine or masculine words in some languages

paradigmatic (adjective)

formallinguistics referring to the relationship between a set of linguistic items that can replace each other in a particular context, for example “vase” and “book” or “on” and “under” in the sentence “The vase is on the table”

participial (adjective)

consisting of, containing, or used as a participle

passive (adjective)

linguistics in passive verbs or clauses, the subject is the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb. For example in the sentence "The order was delivered the next day," the verb group "was delivered" is passive, and the clause is in the passive voice.

performative (adjective)

relating to something that someone says, when the words which they use perform a particular action, for example when someone says “I promise” or “I now declare you man and wife”

plural (adjective)

linguistics a plural word or form is used for referring to more than one person or thing

possessive (adjective)

linguistics a possessive word or form of a word is a word such as “her,” “its,” “Jan’s,” or “dog’s” that shows who or what someone or something belongs to or is connected with

regular (adjective)

linguistics following the normal patterns of grammar

simple (adjective)

linguistics a simple sentence has only one subject and one verb

syntagmatic (adjective)

referring to the relationships among linguistic elements that form a sequence in speech or writing, for example the relationship between “The girl” and “is singing” in the sentence “The girl is singing”

ungrammatical (adjective)

not correct according to the rules of grammar

well-formed (adjective)

linguistics a well-formed sentence follows the rules of a language correctly. This would usually be called a grammatically correct sentence.