qualifier (redirected from qualifiers)

qual·i·fi·er  (kwl-fr)

n.

1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task.

2. Grammar A word or phrase that qualifies, limits, or modifies the meaning of another word or phrase.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	qualifier - a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier" contestant - a person who participates in competitions
	2.	qualifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb modifier 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'