Describing Words
examples:
nose,
winter,
blue eyes,
woman
Here are some adjectives for function. You can get the definitions of these adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to function (and find more here).
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Words to Describe function
Below is a list of describing words for function. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe function:
highest robotic proper metabolic sole and piteously humble intrinsic utilitarian homogeneous quadratic doubly periodic merely reproductive deranged spiritual differentiable slightly computerized completely natural and necessary important archival ofaffectual last graphical noble and quite legitimate rational symmetrical crucial psychic new, necessary trivial and outmoded total cranial racial biological apparently mundane important but apparently mundane crucial civic piteously humble wonderfully complex and difficult rational integral rational and integral assorted extra whole vegetative definite purposeful large-scale aggressive operational and logistic unimpaired and unimpeded strongly inherent superb but rather dull peculiar aboriginal difficult or uncommon complex variable latent secondary mechanical psychological new, supplemental irritating but harmless military or predatory real sociopolitical efficient immediate secondary legitimate cardinal logical unknown cerebral other exponential damned coercive separate prepositional godlike or natural twofold sacred judicial or penal municipal, administrative and judicial administrative, municipal and judicial private salaried natural physio-psychical feminine physiological communal, economical low suprarenal poor suprarenal important and most essential indubitably private normative or critical heaviest organic eminent organic utterly polite severely simplified grandest royal real introductory vital governmental dual destructive psycho-biological definable or measurable easily definable or measurable glitzy literary menstruation and female permanent manual clear, bloody-minded huge fundamental manifestly immaterial possible signal inane official last liturgical fair or diplomatic normally useful secret but primary industrial or astronautical consistently useful genetic and evolutionary specially animal trivial or contemptible special algebraic grand and only intrinsic entire appropriate inherent, biological real and noblest deliberative and administrative regal or republican properly protective topographical and historic worth and useful miserable arithmetical dominant menstrual salutary and preservative japan--sociological responsible legislative particular but essential cerebral and cerebro-spinal disembodied and universal abstract and perfectly identical partially identical independent limited so-called anthropological secondary spiritual single and inseparable purely procreative necessary but obnoxious unmistakable ancillary automatic, psychical quasi-arbitral free and hilarious peculiar and sacred maternal and mammalian surely greater surely greater and more strictly nervous primary protective principal and most indispensable serious, authoritative principal such characteristic psychical special and quite peculiar newtonian potential respiratory and nutritive unattended mental vital ministerial momentary or limited enlightened and purposive productive or secretive purely natural and instinctive significant hygienic mysterious intentional simplest ornamental necessary propositional notable digestive tenderly inquisitorial legal organic primary and relatively simple unimpeded mental deepest conceivable primary or aboriginal fashionable, proper extremely pleasant and sociable reasonable presidential uniquely sociological co-operative and harmonious frequent and peculiar mechanical and abstract external, mechanical and abstract arbitrary linear customary and cryptic definite and murderous necessary, reputable separate and irregular agreeable and even useful proper ornamental sensory or psychological troublesome physical certain lawmaking silent but profitable separate, complacent grave and superior relatival great or necessary distinctive and sole official, tedious internal and unconscious protective and corrective assertive or cognitive entirely dynamic unusual and unimportant onerous and probably impossible integral symmetrical non-integral rational non-integral limited cortical highest nor most important exclusively legislative unpleasant and almost impossible illusive and elusive continuous and differentiable continuous real totally discontinuous finite, differentiable single integral least, intestinal great and very public integral quadratic earlier therapeutic true sensorial supremely complex and difficult supremely complex vital maternal godpaternal ancient and annual arbitrary integral cosmical system--general suggestional fine suggestional political and censorial primal and mightiest sacerdotal or clerical integral homogeneous mildly gymnastic former or inferior normal universal probably tactile patriotic, praiseworthy alarming social direct hospital previously predominant single-valued potential proper and paramount logical or reflective probably draughty familiar and probably draughty psychical or epistemological evidential or inferential continuous mathematical oviductal peculiar mechanistic ecclesiastical and pedagogical grim legitimate sole peculiar blind but indispensable spontaneous logical unending and expensive unavoidable respiratory merely atmospheric unique or irreplaceable proper and possible professional and essential decorous spiritual indirectly useful masterful or prophetic empirical and classificatory merely empirical and classificatory pre-eminently useful and important political, historic sheer reproductive truly defensive delicate judicial technical and very noble arbitrary, periodic homogeneous algebraic great and very important bizarre mathematical normal urinary almost penal primary and most proper continuously variable little spectacular sacred and vital prime and essential important and legitimate true or entire practical technical serviceable and profitable messy biological higher and harder continuous differentiable indispensable moral limited discretionary renal excretory propositional utilitarian, military decorative or symbolic old, separate suspicious intuitive ordinarily male conceivable underwater limited meaningful key and vital increasingly laudatory terminal psychological primary, high-echelon specific cosmic physiological but mental merely physiological but mental detectable cerebral disgusting biological full optimal previously autonomous automatic alert agreeable and memorable vital sovereign prime and ostensible pleasantly useful grown-up social affectual prosaic arithmetical normal and entirely routine primary, defensive rare and sacramental normal cellular normally normal neurological and sociological essential governmental intuitional im-practical pre-natal cardiac unspoken but immensely important ceremonial administrative necessary visionary goal or unique unusually noble official kindred suitable exponential improbable biological probably autonomic partly dangerous impersonal, administrative legitimate secondary useful darwinian high-level high-visibility final diversionary endless exponential vestigial but potent sentient operable aforementioned social tiny and secondary noblest and most divine highest and primary usual monetary holiest, greatest rational and perceptive original utilitarian formal daytime merely explanatory simplest sensory ordinary productive particular ritual specific rhythmic heretofore placid essentially educational noblest vital impressive and edifying purely subordinate legitimate aesthetic simply excretory useless physiological sacrificial and mediatorial true and special great peculiar own harmful initial independent perfectly anomalous female instinctive consciously purposeful truly noteworthy merely ancillary positive or constructive primarily administrative disreputable physical special conventional same respiratory rationally determinable distinct and paramount highest productive small but very successful appropriate rational ghastly social primarily protective clerical or ecclesiastical healthful and efficient primary and vital certain propositional ancient monetary properly ethical elementary abstract continuous analytic important tactile great, typical helpful and most important positive cosmical primitive urinary similar protective primary and sole respiratory and defensive totally normal and natural still prophetic exquisite romantic providential hygienic ethically defensible enough immune thereby abnormal genuinely cognitive double and concurrent highest and most awful unexpected but necessary personal and essential weak, vegetative normal procreative purely strategic or tactical catamenial true and primary primary physiological higher and perfect single-valued sole economic distasteful but necessary deliberative and judicial terrible and sinister socially refined universal and public normal respiratory authoritative judicial divine and ideal important vital strictly decorative parallel and independent particular mathematical effective underground difficult and essential peculiarly public serious and public definite and independent necessary and spontaneous normal judicial characteristic physiological primary biological essential and capital high sacerdotal cheerful and picturesque up-to-date social solemn social =vital stiff and frigid datival precise grammatical solemn and joyless obvious and highly important definite distinct thy prime mere linear same pedagogical active, dynamic essential logical universal potential high special unsuccessful social obvious and universal lofty noble pre-eminently useful natural, organic current major forgone normal biological menstrual important social fully voluntary chief and peculiar directly sexual immediate and peculiar low and material tremendous and awful vague and dangerous own sacrificial important digestive usually gay critical special prime mental present fragile domestic or marital full muscular small-town social biological reproductive usual companionable rapid-dial entirely autonomic basic or general simplest administrative uncomplicated physical particular cognitive same binary important genetic completely utilitarian discernible religious mostly decorative single, obvious earth-normal gravitational brief ceremonial perfectly natural and healthy harmonious general primarily theoretical necessary biological important grammatical primarily important productive social definite tactical archdiaconal distinctly useful new and minor sole useful full episcopal important visible distinctively spiritual municipal and judicial quiet and informal unspeakably important gorgeous and impressive narrow external high legislative main biological last circular proper normal gross and animal usual irresponsible specially military original monastic animal and mechanical conceivable social entirely special solemn and ancient distinctive artistic simple and insignificant peculiar and solemn extraordinarily gay particular digestive direct and imperative strange and highly interesting fundamental evolutionary voluntary, intelligent doubtfully successful immune human quadratic same salutary true primary special creative highest and most responsible important and permanent own indispensable honorable and useful same major special and proper enjoyable social precise biological elementary physiological grave and sacred primordial and fundamental principal or primary special and valuable official or formal jolly social essential physical provisional and temporary quasi-clerical specially grand perfect and healthy great static curiously impressive primary educational truly educational special biological system--general proper and distinctive rational algebraic special central specifically capitalist exponential normal metabolic tolerably well-known physio-psychical quasi-episcopal last useful full normal major official actual male subtle and essential vigorously active cere\-monial your current alien psychic elegant, perfect entire oral highest psychical proper cellular final ritual further biological normal cerebral full metabolic active administrative distinct and honorable important sociological wholly unofficial festive public general electric peculiar rhythmic natural physiological political or parliamentary special physiological physical and corporeal higher nervous main moral fundamental and basic important protective normal digestive probably impossible supra-natural real continuous strictly female real and best certain irrational sole vital smallest public peculiarly spanish a-natural distinctly critical necessary and laudable excretory new judicial same diplomatic vital and necessary important negative stern and dreadful _logical conceivable military same secondary family social main and primary equal economic important specific real legislative sacred and spiritual next social strange and intense entire vital universal creative extremely pleasant present unknown probably original certain nutritive redial ordinary sensory normal intellectual ordinary episcopal necessary physiological public and universal principal intellectual big social important spiritual basic social obvious immediate essential biological major diplomatic so-called rational highly startling -original slightly variable nonoperational incredibly skilled higher cerebral efficient and appropriate gibal simple healthy sacred and exalted public or quasi-public notable social truly genteel proper male fearfully difficult essential practical natural universal infinitival remarkable educational frivolous social economic social sublime and exalted whole physiological favorite social useful and proper diplomatic and social intrinsic and eternal further notable other arithmetical big annual entirely speculative purely mischievous primary defensive average mental sole legal strictly material simple and unpretentious essentially social last standard main practical major social significant military natural biological highest ultimate normal feminine constructive political public economic perfectly identical simple defensive purely normal natural maternal spherical harmonic distinct organic primary organic true and vital almost negative respiratory humeral clearly recognizable big formal fashionable social human biological absolutely opposite grand imperial suprarenal mediatorial peculiarly important subtle mental different mathematical primary military sole intellectual useful social honorable and necessary expensive social valid social possible electrical useful productive limited religious normal, physical special clerical pleasant and sociable simple linear limited and temporary sole physical probational useful economic chief and prominent high and important other physiological important governmental lawmaking same legislative cool, efficient mere ministerial hitherto unparalleled peculiar and appropriate necessary or useful own unquestioned primary and most important reproductive less malignant procreative completely natural ornate, gilded stark, brutal same cognitive wildly inappropriate general supervisory sole and entire same ecological autodial 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proper and legitimate strategic or tactical affectional regulative human and social male reproductive normative legitimate military great papal pleasant, agreeable symmetric semiformal own appropriate quasi-public best and highest own specialized usual humble ancient biological extensive diplomatic big official judicial and political genuine social principal social especially useful vitally necessary physiological social rather solemn formal social peculiarly valuable successful social great social algebraic metabolic important human full and normal oily dark main social exclusively masculine precisely analogous important legislative moral social single social humble and obscure specifically religious biggest and most important equally innocent perfectly hideous less excusable judicial legislative wildly exciting public or semi-public archidiaconal other solemn chief administrative
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Words to Describe function
As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "function" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "function" are: highest robotic, proper metabolic, sole and piteously humble, intrinsic utilitarian, and homogeneous quadratic. There are 995 other words to describe function listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe function suits your needs.
If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "function" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.
Note also that if there aren't many function adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is function?
Describing Words
The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!
Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.
Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).
The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.
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