open-class word

Questions about open-class word

What does open-class word mean?

open-class word means "a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned".

What is another word for open-class word?

Close synonyms include content word. 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 open-class word a common word?

open-class word 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.