Nouns
1. (n.) component, constituent, element;
- 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;
- “spare components for cars”; “a component or constituent element of a system”;
2. (n.) constituent;
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes;
- “needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected”;
3. (n.) component, component part, constituent, part, portion;
- something determined in relation to something that includes it;
- “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”;
4. (n.) constituent, grammatical constituent;
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction;
5. (n.) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient;
- an abstract part of something;
- “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”;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic;
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup);
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