Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection III. Quantity
4. Concrete Quantity
56. Component.
NOUN:COMPONENT, integrant; component part, integral part, integrant part; element, constituent, ingredient, leaven; part and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member (part) [See Part]; personnel.VERB:ENTER INTO, enter into the composition of; be a component &c. n.; be or form part of [See Part]; merge in, be merged in; be implicated in; share in (participate) [See Participation]; belong to, appertain to; combine, inhere in, unite.
FORM, make, constitute, compose, precompose, recompose; sonnetize [rare]; fabricate [See Composition].
ADJECTIVE:FORMING &c. v.; inherent, intrinsic, essential.
INCLUSIVE, all-embracing, compendious, comprehensive, inclusory.