modifier

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

One who or that which modifies.

One who, or that which, modifies.

A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified.

One who, or that which, modifies.

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

a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

a person who changes something