affected role

Questions about affected role

What is another word for affected role?

It depends which affected role you mean. In the sense “the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause”, the synonyms are patient role, patient. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of affected role?

WordNet records no antonym for affected role. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for affected role come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of affected role

• Full entry for affected roleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for affected roleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.