linguistic

lin·guis·tic

adj \liŋ-ˈgwis-tik\

Definition of LINGUISTIC

: of or relating to language or linguistics

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

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

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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