Meanings
plural modifiers
- One who, or that which, modifies.
- grammarA word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
Synonyms: qualifier
- computingA keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
- abbreviationellipsiscomputingEllipsis of modifier key.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
More synonyms by meaning
nouna content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
nouna gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian модифика́тор, определе́ние
- модифика́тор (modifikátor)one who modifies
- определе́ние (opredelénie)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Catalan modificador
- modificadorone who modifies
Chinese Mandarin 修飾語 /修饰语
- 修飾語 /修饰语 (xiūshìyǔ)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Czech přívlastek
- přívlastekgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Dutch modificeerder
- modificeerdergrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Finnish muunnin, modifikaattori
- muunninone who modifies
- modifikaattorione who modifies
- määritegrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- määriteosagrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
French modificateur, modificateuse
- modificateurone who modifies
- modificateuseone who modifies
- modificateurgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
German Modifikator, Modifikatorin
- Modifikatorone who modifies
- Modifikatorinone who modifies
- Attributgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Bestimmungswortgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Bestimmunggrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Hindi विशेषण
- विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Hungarian jelző, szabad bővítmény
- jelzőgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- szabad bővítménygrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Japanese 修飾語, 修飾子
- 修飾語 (shūshokugo)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- 修飾子 (shūshokushi)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Korean 수식어
- 수식어 (susigeo)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Norwegian Bokmål adledd
- adleddgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Polish modyfikator, przydawka
- modyfikatorone who modifies
- przydawkagrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Portuguese modificador, modificador
- modificadorone who modifies
- modificadorgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Russian модифика́тор, определе́ние
- модифика́тор (modifikátor)one who modifies
- определе́ние (opredelénije)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Slovak prívlastok
- prívlastokgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Spanish modificador
- modificadorgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Swedish attribut
- attributgrammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Ukrainian озна́чення
- озна́чення (oznáčennja)grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Cite this entry
modifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modifier
“modifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modifier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modifier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modifier.
Source: modifier on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.