Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)component, constituent, element, factor, ingredientan abstract part of something“jealousy was a component of his character”, “two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony”, “the grammatical elements of a sentence”, “a key factor in her success”, “humor: an effective ingredient of a speech”
(n)part, portion, component part, component, constituentsomething determined in relation to something that includes it“he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself”, “I read a portion of the manuscript”, “the smaller component is hard to reach”, “the animal constituent of plankton”
(n)component, constituent, elementan artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system“spare components for cars”, “a component or constituent element of a system”