· an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

Synonym(s): component, element

Hypernym(s): part, portion

· a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"

Hypernym(s): voter, elector

· something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"

Synonym(s): part, portion, component_part, component

Hypernym(s): relation

· (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

Synonym(s): grammatical_constituent

Hypernym(s): syntagma, syntagm

· an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

Synonym(s): component, element, factor, ingredient

Hypernym(s): part, section, division

· constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

Synonym(s): constitutional, constitutive, organic