noun phrase

1. 1.

   a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

   Synonymsnominal phrasenominal

   Broaderphrase

Questions about noun phrase

What does noun phrase mean?

noun phrase means "a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb".

What is another word for noun phrase?

Close synonyms include nominal phrase, nominal. 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 noun phrase a common word?

noun phrase 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.