syntactic

adjective

syn·​tac·​tic sin-ˈtak-tik 

variants or syntactical

sin-ˈtak-ti-kəl 

: of, relating to, or according to the rules of syntax or syntactics

syntactically

sin-ˈtak-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of syntactic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Commonly understood as a kind of optical binding agent, color consolidates the otherwise disjunctive syntactic elements of Caro’s sculpture into a unified whole. —Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026

This raised the question: how could Professor Dahlin and collaborators identify syntactic rules structuring this new, larger set of calls? —Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026

The o1 model correctly produced two different syntactic trees, one that corresponds to the first interpretation of the sentence and one that corresponds to the latter. —Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025

Researchers have found that deeper transformer layers capture more complex concepts, while earlier layers focus on syntactic relationships. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

New Latin syntacticus, from Greek syntaktikos arranging together, from syntassein

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for syntactic

• climactic
• didactic
• galactic
• anaphylactic
• extragalactic
• intergalactic
• stereotactic
• chemotactic
• chiropractic
• isotactic
• prophylactic
• lactic

Kids Definition

syntactic

adjective

syn·​tac·​tic sin-ˈtak-tik 

variants or syntactical

-ti-kəl 

: of, relating to, or according to the rules of syntax

syntactically

-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Medical Definition

syntactic

adjective

syn·​tac·​tic sin-ˈtak-tik 

variants or syntactical

-ti-kəl 

: of or relating to syntactics

syntactically

-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb