semantic role se·man·tic·role uncommon noun 1. an entity realized by a noun or noun phrase in a clause or sentence Synonymssemantic roleparticipant role Related words Broader terms grammatical category Narrower terms affected roleagentive rolebenefactive roleinstrumental rolelocative rolerecipient roleresultant roletemporal role WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
