attribute
attribute is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. Shak.
- 2.Reputation. [Poetic] Shak.
- 3.(Paint. & Sculp.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
- 4.(Gram.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- accompaniment
- accompany
- addition
- adjunct
- along
- and
- appendage
- appurtenance
- arm
- associate
- associated
- association
- attend
- attendant
- bear
- boat
- body
- bring
- cheek
- coefficiency
- coefficient
- coexist
- coexistence
- colleague
- collectively
- comes
- companion
- companionship
- company
- concomitance
- concomitant
- consort
- context
- copartnership
- cortege
- couple
- escort
- fellow
- friend
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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