'Symptomatic' definitions:
Definition of 'symptomatic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown" [syn: diagnostic, symptomatic]
adjective
Relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a symptomatic classification of diseases"
Definition of 'Symptomatic'
From: GCIDE
- Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? causal.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else. [1913 Webster]
- Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. [1913 Webster] -- {Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'symptomatic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- based on,
- certain,
- circumstantial,
- conclusive,
- connotative,
- convincing,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- decisive,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- designative,
- determinative,
- diagnostic,
- documentary,
- documented,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- figural,
- figurative,
- final,
- firsthand,
- founded on,
- grounded on,
- hearsay,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- implicit,
- incontrovertible,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- material,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- naming,
- nuncupative,
- overwhelming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- presumptive,
- probative,
- reliable,
- representative,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- suggesting,
- suggestive,
- suggestive of,
- sure,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatologic,
- telling,
- typical,
- valid,
- weighty