Relative pronoun Moderate

Relative pronoun has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

relative pronoun

A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. Some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: what, which, who, and whom. The other relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.

See Also

relative clause whomever whom indefinite pronoun sentence fragment interrogative pronoun refer relative pronouns

Related Terms

relative clause whomever whom indefinite pronoun sentence fragment interrogative pronoun refer relative pronouns who which relative adjective what resumptive pronoun that whoever relative adverb antecedent whatever as

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

pronoun

Rhyming Words

coun boun noun youn roun moun loun koun aroun adnoun gipoun samoun majoun haroun maroun vodoun macoun zeitoun zaytoun zeytoun

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