linguistic

lin·guis·tic

adjective \liŋ-ˈgwis-tik\

: of or relating to language or linguistics

Full Definition of LINGUISTIC

:  of or relating to language or linguistics

— lin·guis·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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Variants of LINGUISTIC

lin·guis·tic also lin·guis·ti·cal \-ti-kəl\

Examples of LINGUISTIC

1. <the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills>

First Known Use of LINGUISTIC

1827

Related to LINGUISTIC

Synonyms

lexical, verbal (also linguistical), rhetorical (also rhetoric), vocabular, wordy

Antonyms

nonlexical, nonlinguistic, nonverbal

Related Words

communicative, conversational

Other Grammar and Linguistics Terms

ablaut, allusion, anacoluthon, diacritic, gerund, idiom, infinitive, metaphor, semiotics, simile

Rhymes with LINGUISTIC

artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic