prenominal

1. 1.

   of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify

   “`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'”

   Synonymsattributive

   Similarattributive genitive

   grammar

Questions about prenominal

What does prenominal mean?

prenominal means "of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify".

How many syllables are in prenominal?

prenominal has 4 syllables: pre-no-mi-nal. The stress falls on "no".

What is another word for prenominal?

Close synonyms include attributive. 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 prenominal a common word?

prenominal 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.