thought-bearing

English

Etymology

From thought +‎ bearing.

Adjective

thought-bearing (comparative more thought-bearing, superlative most thought-bearing)

1. Having a semantic meaning, as opposed to a syntactic function.
   • 1936, Lousene Rousseau, ‎Mary E. Cramer, Effective Speech, First Course, page 245:

     Know which words in the phrase are the thought-bearing words. These are the important words, which help the audience to get the thought easily. They are generally the nouns and verbs, but not every noun and verb is stressed.