object of the verb

1. 1.

   the object that receives the direct action of the verb

   Synonymsdirect object

   Broaderobject

Questions about object of the verb

What does object of the verb mean?

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

What is another word for object of the verb?

Close synonyms include direct object. 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 object of the verb a common word?

object of the 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.