Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clause

2 senses of clause

Sense 1
clause -- ((grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence)
       => construction, grammatical construction, expression -- (a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner")

Sense 2
article, clause -- (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))
       => section, subdivision -- (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section")