technological

adjective

tech·​no·​log·​i·​cal ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

variants or less commonly technologic

ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-jik 

1

: of, relating to, or characterized by technology

2

: resulting from improvements in technical processes that increase productivity of machines and eliminate manual operations or operations done by older machines

technologically

ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of technological in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That love began with an important technological introduction. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Healthcare's greatest crisis isn't financial or technological. — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Peter Thiel has spent 30 years arguing, on political and economic grounds, the regulatory state is the primary obstacle to technological progress. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026

The juxtaposition of the two messages illuminates the deepening faultlines and anxieties within the technological competition between the US and China, which the rapid rise of AI is only deepening. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

technology + -ical

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing technological

• anti-technological
• pre-technological

Rhymes for technological

• astrological
• biological
• christological
• chronological
• cosmological
• cytological
• dialogical
• ecological
• ethnological
• ethological
• geological
• histological