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Postmodifier

A word which comes after the word or phrase it modifies.

In the following examples, the bracketed items are post modifiers:

people (invited)
too hot (to eat)
warm (enough)
persons (unknown)
a better woman (than I am).

A premodifier is a word that comes before the noun it modifies. In the following examples, the bracketed items are premodifiers:

(very) interesting
(nearly) finished
an (invited) audience