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say it: AJ-ik-tiv
adjective is a noun and adjective meaning "a word that expresses an attribute of something". It is pronounced /ˈædʒɪktɪv/ — AJ-ik-tiv. It carries 4 recorded senses.
a word that expresses an attribute of something
the word class that qualifies nouns
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
“adjectival syntax”
“an adjective clause”
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
“adjective law”
law
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for adjective come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.