clause synonyms

clause

n.

  1. A provision

    condition, codicil, ultimatum; see article 3, limitation 2, requirement 1.

  2. A grammatical structure

    construction, sentence, phrase, constituent, word group, string, sentence modifier, transform; see also phrase

    Types of clauses include: independent, dependent, relative, subordinate, substantive, noun, adjective, adjectival, adverb, adverbial.

Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.