analytic

adjective

an·​a·​lyt·​ic ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik 

variants or analytical

ˌa-nə-ˈli-ti-kəl 

1

: of or relating to analysis or analytics

especially : separating something into component parts or constituent elements

2

: being a proposition (such as "no bachelor is married") whose truth is evident from the meaning of the words it contains compare synthetic

3

: skilled in or using analysis especially in thinking or reasoning

a keenly analytic person/mind

an analytical study

4

linguistics : characterized by the use of function words rather than inflectional forms to express grammatical relationships

analytic languages

5

: psychoanalytic

6

mathematics : treated or treatable by or using the methods of algebra and calculus

7

mathematics

a

of a function of a real variable : capable of being expanded in a Taylor's series in powers of x − h in some neighborhood of the point h

b

of a function of a complex variable : differentiable at every point in some neighborhood of a given point

analytically

ˌa-nə-ˈli-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

analyticity

ˌa-nə-lə-ˈti-sə-tē 

noun

Synonyms

• coherent
• consequent
• good
• logical
• rational
• reasonable
• sensible
• sound
• valid
• well-founded
• well-grounded

Examples of analytic in a Sentence

presented a very analytical argument for the defendant's guilt

Recent Examples on the Web

Let the machines show us what can be done with analytic manipulation of the manifold. —D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025

Pedagogies Asking Scholarly Questions with JSTOR Daily Help students develop analytic and scholarly questioning skills using a quick activity built on JSTOR Daily roundups and syllabi. —JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025

There is no more point in deploring this more analytic than agitational iteration of Marxism than in celebrating it. —Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

In analytic association, the tool or the instrument is memory. —Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

analytic borrowed from Late Latin analyticus, borrowed from Greek analytikós, from analýein "to loosen, dissolve, resolve into constitutent elements" + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1; analytical from Late Latin analyticus + -al entry 1 — more at analysis

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing analytic

• analytic geometry
• analytic philosophy
• analytic psychology
• self-analytic

Rhymes for analytic

• anxiolytic
• astrocytic
• austenitic
• catalytic
• cytolytic
• dioritic
• diphtheritic
• dolomitic
• endophytic
• epiphytic
• glauconitic
• glycolytic

Kids Definition

analytic

adjective

an·​a·​lyt·​ic ˌan-ə-ˈlit-ik 

variants or analytical

-i-kəl 

1

a

: of or relating to analysis

b

: separating something into its parts or elements

2

: skilled in or using analysis

a keenly analytic person

analytically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Medical Definition

analytic

adjective

an·​a·​lyt·​ic ˌan-ᵊl-ˈit-ik 

variants or analytical

-i-kəl 

1

: of or relating to analysis

especially : separating something into component parts or constituent elements

2

: psychoanalytic

analytically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb