intensifier
English Thesaurus
1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | modifier, qualifier, |
| definition | : | a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb (noun.communication) |
| domain member usage | : | living, |
| definition | : | (informal) absolute (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | every last, |
| definition | : | (used as intensive) every (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | well, |
| definition | : | (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | in truth, really, truly, |
| definition | : | in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | downright, |
| definition | : | thoroughgoing (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | literally, |
| definition | : | (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | most, |
| definition | : | very (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | so, |
| definition | : | to a very great extent or degree (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | such, |
| definition | : | to so extreme a degree (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | positively, |
| definition | : | extremely (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | ever, ever so, |
| definition | : | (intensifier for adjectives) very (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | just, simply, |
| definition | : | absolutely (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | candidly, frankly, honestly, |
| definition | : | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that (adv.all) |
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