English dictionary

intensifier

/I/n't/E/ns/@/,f/aI//@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

noun.communication

Examples
`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier.

`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier.

Synonyms intensive

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

noun

Source: webster1913