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syntactical

adj · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /sɪnˈtaktɪkl/
  • General-American: /sɪnˈtæktəkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

syntactic, related to syntax

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the syntactic rules of a language

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: syntactic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin syntacticus + -al.