postpositive adjective

English

Noun

postpositive adjective (plural postpositive adjectives)

1. (grammar) An adjective that follows the noun or pronoun that it modifies.

   In the sentence "She is beauty personified," the postpositive adjective is "personified".

   The word "better" is a postpositive adjective in "I want something better".

   In "This seems sufficient", "sufficient" is the postpositive adjective.

Hyponyms

• predicative adjective, predicate adjective

Coordinate terms

• attributive adjective, prepositive adjective

Related terms

• complement

Translations

adjective that follows the word it modifies

• Spanish: adjetivo pospositivo