intensifier
/ɪn'tɛnsə,faɪər/
noun
11 letters5 syllables14 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
“`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier”
“`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier”
WORD FORMS
Related formintensify
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®16 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinintensifierway
Starts & ends withI … R
Syllablesin · ten · si · fi · er
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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