adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌsɪmp.təˈmæt.ɪk/
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CMU ARPABET:S IH2 M P T AH0 M AE1 T IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Showing symptoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: asymptomatic, nonsymptomatic
2
adj
Meaning 2
Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of a treatment, that only affects the symptoms of a disease without targeting the underlying cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonsymptomatic
4
adj
Meaning 4
Relating to symptomatics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonsymptomatic
5
noun
Meaning 5
A person exhibiting the symptoms of an illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: asymptomatic
6
adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
symptomatic relief
symptomatic treatment
a symptomatic classification of diseases
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
characteristic or indicative of a disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a diagnostic sign of yellow fever
a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever
symptomatic of insanity
a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diagnostic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (sumptōmatikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a symptom”). By surface analysis, symptom + -atic.
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Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
