variants
also linguistical
as in verbal
of or relating to words or language
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of linguistic
In order to measure what most of us would instantly consider a subjective field, the team used divergent linguistic creativity tasks to score the latest LLMs including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, as well as the humans.
—
New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
The Spanish had dubbed the island’s Muslim population Moro, making no linguistic distinction between them and the dark-skinned populations of northwest Africa.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Unlike German prisoners, the Japanese men arrived in a community with no cultural or linguistic connection to them.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Featuring Tz’utujil lyrics from Chavahaze, the song bridges linguistic and spiritual worlds, offering a rare glimpse into a living ancestral perspective.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for linguistic
New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
The Spanish had dubbed the island’s Muslim population Moro, making no linguistic distinction between them and the dark-skinned populations of northwest Africa.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Unlike German prisoners, the Japanese men arrived in a community with no cultural or linguistic connection to them.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Featuring Tz’utujil lyrics from Chavahaze, the song bridges linguistic and spiritual worlds, offering a rare glimpse into a living ancestral perspective.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for linguistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
Adjective
-
The teams exchanged verbal insults before Anthony Sapienza punched one of the victims and struck him in the face with a pickleball paddle, according to the affidavit.—
Storey Wertheimer,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
-
But cowriting forced them to at least create a verbal outline, spending hours on the phone getting to know the characters before trading off chapters and editing each other’s work.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
-
The steering has a natural, connected feel that's not artificially weighted, but is genuinely communicative.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
-
This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
-
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
The rhetorical support from Pritzker has been followed by millions of dollars in financial support from our billionaire governor.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026
-
But Dreher has also given plenty of rhetorical support to Trump’s demolition agenda.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
