Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intensifier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: in-ten-si-fi-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which intensifies.

noun

A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.

noun

A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.

Example Sentences

"“Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively. So words like great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively. Note how “un-” has to follow the intensifier prefix."

Etymology

From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: intensify

Inflected Forms

intensifiers (plural)

Phrases

self-intensifier

Synonyms

expletive intensive

Antonyms

downtoner

Questions

What does intensifier mean?: That which intensifies.
Where does intensifier come from?: From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.

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