direct object

1. 1.

   the object that receives the direct action of the verb

   Synonymsobject of the verb

   Broaderobject

Questions about direct object

What does direct object mean?

direct object means "the object that receives the direct action of the verb".

What is another word for direct object?

Close synonyms include object of the verb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is direct object a common word?

direct object is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.