Meanings
plural word classes
- human sciencesA linguistic form class whose members are words.
These lists differentiated terms according to word class (that is, a word with both a noun and adjective definition counted as two separate items in the list).
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297Synonyms: lexical category
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA linguistic form class whose members are words.
nounA linguistic form or structure class whose members are words.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Hungarian szófaj
- szófajTranslations
Polish część mowy
- część mowyTranslations
Spanish clase de palabra
- clase de palabraTranslations
Cite this entry
word class. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20class
“word class.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20class. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word class,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20class.
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