modifier

mod·i·fi·er  (md-fr)

n.

A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or word group.

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modifier

Noun

Grammar a word or phrase that makes the sense of another word more specific: for example, the noun garage is a modifier of door in garage door

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	modifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb qualifier content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun dangling modifier, misplaced modifier - a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
	2.	modifier - a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising moderator - someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
	3.	modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" changer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" adulterator - a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance normaliser, normalizer - a person who normalizes standardiser, standardizer - a person who sets a standard for things to conform to
	4.	modifier - a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene modifier gene cistron, gene, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"