attributive adjective
noun1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.
- The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.
- In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.
- Coordinate terms
- postpositive adjective