What does "syntactic" mean?

Of, related to or connected with syntax.

What is a synonym for "syntactic"?

Common synonyms include: adjectival, adverbial, attributive, conjunctive, copulative, correct.

Syntactic

//sɪnˈtæktɪk// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, related to or connected with syntax.
"The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake."
2
Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch

Adjective

1
of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adjectival adverbial attributive conjunctive copulative correct

Example

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"Although most of the content and thought has not been dependent on any language, when focusing on Japanese, differences in syntactic structures or the fact that individual words are not written separately and distinctly then requires several points of consideration."

Etymology

From New Latin syntacticus, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός (suntaktikós).

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