Home › Words › A › adjectivehoodadjectivehoodadjectivehood means the quality of being an adjective.EtymologyFrom adjective + -hood.nounThe quality of being an adjective.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.adverbhood 81% match — The property of being an adverb. vs adjectivehood →adjectivity 77% match — The state or condition of being an adjective. vs adjectivehood →adjectivality 77% match — The state or condition of being adjectival. vs adjectivehood →adpositionhood 75% match — The property of being an adposition. vs adjectivehood →adjectival 67% match — Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. vs adjectivehood →affixhood 67% match — The property of being an affix. vs adjectivehood →adjective 67% match — A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent. vs adjectivehood →adjectivelike 67% match — Resembling or characteristic of an adjective. vs adjectivehood →