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Modifier

One who, or that which, modifies.

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Broader term 6

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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gene 76% connected

A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait

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Moderator 76% connected

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 5

Adjective 76% connected

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.

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Adulterator 76% connected

One who adulterates or corrupts.

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Adverb 76% connected

A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely wh…

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Intensifier 76% connected

One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

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Intensive 76% connected

Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.

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Derivationally related 2

Modify 74% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Modify 74% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Phrase 70% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Synonym 2

Changer 92% connected

One who changes or alters the form of anything.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Qualifier 92% connected

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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