'Semantic' definitions:
Definition of 'semantic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"
Definition of 'Semantic'
From: GCIDE
- Semantic \Sem*an"tic\, Semantical \Sem*an"tic*al\, n. sing. or pl. [Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign.]
- 1. pertaining to the meanings of words. [PJC]
- 2. of or pertaining to semantics. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'semantic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- connotative,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- descriptive,
- designative,
- diagnostic,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- figural,
- figurative,
- glossematic,
- glottochronological,
- grammatic,
- graphemic,
- iconic,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- lexemic,
- lexical,
- lexicographic,
- lexicological,
- lexicostatistical,
- lingual,
- linguistic,
- meaningful,
- metalinguistic,
- metaphorical,
- morphemic,
- morphological,
- morphophonemic,
- naming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- philological,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonological,
- phrasal,
- psycholinguistic,
- representative,
- semantological,
- semasiological,
- sememic,
- semiotic,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- structural,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- syntactic,
- typical,
- verbal