word form

1. 1.

   the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

   “the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached”

   Synonymsformsignifierdescriptor

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Questions about word form

What does word form mean?

word form means "the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something".

What is another word for word form?

Close synonyms include form, signifier, descriptor. 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 word form a common word?

word form is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.