qualifying adjective

1. 1.

   an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')

   Synonymsdescriptive adjective

   Broaderadjective

Questions about qualifying adjective

What does qualifying adjective mean?

qualifying adjective means "an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')".

What is another word for qualifying adjective?

Close synonyms include descriptive adjective. 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 qualifying adjective a common word?

qualifying adjective 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.