modal auxiliary verb

1. 1.

   an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality

   Synonymsmodal auxiliarymodal verbmodal

   Broaderauxiliary verb

Questions about modal auxiliary verb

What does modal auxiliary verb mean?

modal auxiliary verb means "an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality".

What is another word for modal auxiliary verb?

Close synonyms include modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal. 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 modal auxiliary verb a common word?

modal auxiliary verb 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.