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English adjective: constituent | |||
| 1. | constituent constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | ||
| Synonyms | constitutional, constitutive, organic | ||
| Similar | essential | ||
| Antonyms | inessential, unessential | ||
English noun: constituent | |||
| 1. | constituent (artifact) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | ||
| Samples | Spare components for cars. A component or constituent element of a system. | ||
| Synonyms | component, element | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | part, portion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accessory, add-on, add-on, addition, appurtenance, audio, auto part, car part, computer hardware, crystal, hardware, heating element, improver, ingredient, input, landside, making, module, pel, picture element, pixel, retrofit, spare, spare part, spark gap, supplement | ||
| 2. | constituent (person) a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes | ||
| Samples | Needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elector, voter | ||
| Member meronym | constituency | ||
| 3. | constituent something determined in relation to something that includes it | ||
| Samples | He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself. I read a portion of the manuscript. The smaller component is hard to reach. The animal constituent of plankton. | ||
| Synonyms | component, component part, part, portion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | balance, base, basis, butt, detail, item, item, language unit, linguistic unit, member, particular, point, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart, substance, unit | ||
| Part meronym | meronymy, part to whole relation | ||
| 4. | constituent (communication) (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction | ||
| Synonyms | grammatical constituent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | syntagm, syntagma | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ablative absolute, construction, expression, grammatical construction, immediate constituent, misconstruction, object, subject, term | ||
| Part meronym | sentence | ||
| Domain category | grammar | ||
| 5. | constituent (cognition) an abstract part of something | ||
| Samples | Jealousy was a component of his character. Two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony. The grammatical elements of a sentence. A key factor in her success. Humor: an effective ingredient of a speech. | ||
| Synonyms | component, element, factor, ingredient | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | division, part, section | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | be all and end all, be-all and end-all, plot element, point | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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