ATTRIBUTE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
   
   Hypernyms(s) attribute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abstraction (what does abstraction mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • shape (what does shape mean?)
   • form (what does form mean?)
   • human nature (what does human nature mean?)
   • trait (what does trait mean?)
   • thing (what does thing mean?)
   • common denominator (what does common denominator mean?)
   • personality (what does personality mean?)
   • cheerfulness (what does cheerfulness mean?)
   • cheer (what does cheer mean?)
   • uncheerfulness (what does uncheerfulness mean?)
   • ballast (what does ballast mean?)
   • ethos (what does ethos mean?)
   • eidos (what does eidos mean?)
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   • property (what does property mean?)
   • inheritance (what does inheritance mean?)
   • heritage (what does heritage mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
   
   Synonym(s)
   • dimension (what does dimension mean?)
   • property (what does property mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • self-confidence is not an endearing property
   
   Hypernyms(s) attribute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • concept (what does concept mean?)
   • conception (what does conception mean?)
   • construct (what does construct mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   • character (what does character mean?)
   • lineament (what does lineament mean?)
   • feature (what does feature mean?)
   • characteristic (what does characteristic mean?)

ATTRIBUTE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • attribute or credit to
   
   Synonym(s)
   • ascribe (what does ascribe mean?)
   • assign (what does assign mean?)
   • impute (what does impute mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
   • People impute great cleverness to cats
   
   Hypernyms(s) attribute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • impute (what does impute mean?)
   • sensualize (what does sensualize mean?)
   • carnalize (what does carnalize mean?)
   • credit (what does credit mean?)
   • reattribute (what does reattribute mean?)
   • anthropomorphize (what does anthropomorphize mean?)
   • anthropomorphise (what does anthropomorphise mean?)
   • personify (what does personify mean?)
   • personate (what does personate mean?)
   • accredit (what does accredit mean?)
   • credit (what does credit mean?)
   • blame (what does blame mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • project (what does project mean?)
   • externalize (what does externalize mean?)
   • externalise (what does externalise mean?)
   • internalize (what does internalize mean?)
   • internalise (what does internalise mean?)
   • interiorize (what does interiorize mean?)
   • interiorise (what does interiorise mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • attribution (what does attribution mean?)
   • ascription (what does ascription mean?)
   • imputation (what does imputation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
   
   Synonym(s)
   • assign (what does assign mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
   
   Hypernyms(s) attribute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • relegate (what does relegate mean?)
   • classify (what does classify mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • attribution (what does attribution mean?)
   • ascription (what does ascription mean?)
   • assignment (what does assignment mean?)
   • assigning (what does assigning mean?)