modifier

Noun
  1. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb (synset 106331794)
    is a type of: content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
    subtypes:
    • intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
    • adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something
    • adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun
    • dangling modifier, misplaced modifier - a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
    is a part of: phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
    same as: qualifier
  2. A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising (synset 110346442)
    is a type of: moderator - someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
  3. A person who changes something (synset 109632901)
    "an inveterate changer of the menu"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    same as: changer
  4. A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene (synset 105446862)
    is a type of: cistron, factor, gene - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
    same as: modifier gene

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