English Explanatory Dictionary

syntactic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, related to or connected with syntax.
  2. Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch

Pronunciation

/sɪnˈtæktɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-syntactic.wav

Word forms

syntactic more syntactic most syntactic

Etymology

From New Latin syntacticus, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός (suntaktikós).

Synonyms

syntactical

Related words

syntax

Derived words

antisyntactic asyntactic grammaticosyntactic lexicosyntactic macrosyntactic metasyntactic microsyntactic morphosyntactic nanosyntactic nonsyntactic postsyntactic protosyntactic syntactically syntactic expletive syntactician syntacticise syntacticism syntacticist syntacticize syntactic middle voice syntactic salt syntactic sugar unsyntactic
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