postpositive
Follows the noun
Postpositive describes a word that follows the word it modifies, rather than preceding it.
English adjectives are usually prepositive (a tall building), but some appear only after their nouns: attorney general, heir apparent, time immemorial.
The adjective galore is strictly postpositive: bargains galore.
Directly preceding noun modified
- predicativeFollows copula, modifies subject
- appositiveRenaming grammatical element
- modifierWord altering another
- adjectiveNoun-describing word type
syntax · complement · descriptor · qualifier · nominal · restrictive · nonrestrictive · parenthetical
Word-ending addition
- affixWord-part modifier
- encliticBound grammatical particle
- particleMinute piece of matter
- terminalAt the endpoint
following · trailing · appended · attached · word-final · agglutination · suffixation
attributive
Directly preceding noun modified
- predicativeFollows copula, modifies subject
- appositiveRenaming grammatical element
- modifierWord altering another
adjective · syntax · complement · descriptor · qualifier · nominal · restrictive · nonrestrictive · parenthetical · elliptical
suffix
Word-ending addition
terminal · following · trailing · appended · attached · word-final · agglutination · suffixation
galore
In great quantity
general · emeritus · extraordinaire · incarnate · supreme · royal · martial · apparent · laureate · designate
postpositiveattributive
Directly preceding noun modified