SIGNIFIER as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
    Hypernyms(s) signifier is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)