Meanings
comparative more grammatical · superlative most grammatical
- Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.
These unidiomatic utterances are easily comprehensible but are not grammatical.
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Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning.
[Otto] Jespersen, a language professor known for his expertise in syntax and language development, stated that headlinese is not really grammatical writing.
2021 May 29, Richard Nordquist, “What Is Headlinese?”, in ThoughtCo, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2021Synonyms: grammatic · Antonyms: ungrammatical, agrammatical, ungrammatic
- Of or pertaining to grammar.
The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.
Synonyms: grammatic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to grammar.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or pertaining to grammar
adjectiveconforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latingrammaticālis
- Middle Frenchgrammatical
- Englishgrammatical
From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans grammatikaal, grammatikaal
- grammatikaalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatikaalof or pertaining to grammar
Ancient Greek γραμματικός
- γραμματικός (grammatikós)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
Arabic نَحْوِيّ, نَحْوِيّ
- نَحْوِيّ (naḥwiyy)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- نَحْوِيّ (naḥwiyy)of or pertaining to grammar
Bulgarian грамати́чески, грамати́чески
- грамати́чески (gramatíčeski)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- грамати́чески (gramatíčeski)of or pertaining to grammar
Catalan gramatical
- gramaticalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
Chinese Mandarin 通順 /通顺, 無語病的 /无语病的
- 通順 /通顺 (tōngshùn)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- 無語病的 /无语病的 (wú yǔbìng de)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- 語法的 /语法的 (yǔfǎ de)of or pertaining to grammar
Czech gramatický, gramatický
- gramatickýacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramatickýof or pertaining to grammar
Danish grammatisk, grammatikalsk
- grammatiskacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatikalskacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatiskof or pertaining to grammar
- grammatikalskof or pertaining to grammar
Dutch grammaticaal, grammaticaal
- grammaticaalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammaticaalof or pertaining to grammar
Esperanto laŭgramatika, gramatika
- laŭgramatikaacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramatikaof or pertaining to grammar
Finnish kieliopillinen, kieliopillinen
- kieliopillinenacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- kieliopillinenof or pertaining to grammar
- kielioppi-of or pertaining to grammar
French grammatical, grammatical
- grammaticalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammaticalof or pertaining to grammar
German grammatisch, grammatikalisch
- grammatischacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatikalischacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatischof or pertaining to grammar
- grammatikalischof or pertaining to grammar
Greek γραμματικός, γραμματικός
- γραμματικός (grammatikós)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- γραμματικός (grammatikós)of or pertaining to grammar
Hebrew דִקְדוּקִי, דִקְדוּקִי
- דִקְדוּקִי (dikdukí)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- דִקְדוּקִי (dikdukí)of or pertaining to grammar
Hungarian nyelvtanilag/nyelvileg helyes, jól formált
- nyelvtanilag/nyelvileg helyesacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- jól formáltacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- nyelvtaniof or pertaining to grammar
Icelandic grammatískur, grammatískur
- grammatískuracceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatískurof or pertaining to grammar
- málfræðilegurof or pertaining to grammar
Italian grammaticale, grammaticale
- grammaticaleacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammaticaleof or pertaining to grammar
Japanese 文法的な, 文法的な
- 文法的な (bunpōteki na)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- 文法的な (bunpōteki na)of or pertaining to grammar
Korean 문법적, 문법적
- 문법적 (munbeopjeok)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- 문법적 (munbeopjeok)of or pertaining to grammar
Latin grammaticālis, grammaticālis
- grammaticālisacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammaticālisof or pertaining to grammar
Malay gramatis
- gramatisacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
Norwegian Bokmål grammatisk
- grammatiskof or pertaining to grammar
Polish gramatyczny, gramatyczny
- gramatycznyacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramatycznyof or pertaining to grammar
Portuguese gramatical, gramático
- gramaticalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramáticoacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramáticoof or pertaining to grammar
- gramaticalof or pertaining to grammar
Romanian gramatical, gramatical
- gramaticalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramaticalof or pertaining to grammar
Russian граммати́чный, граммати́ческий
- граммати́чный (grammatíčnyj)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- граммати́ческий (grammatíčeskij)of or pertaining to grammar
Slovak gramatický, gramatický
- gramatickýacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramatickýof or pertaining to grammar
Spanish gramatical, gramático
- gramaticalacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- gramáticoof or pertaining to grammar
Swedish grammatisk, grammatisk
- grammatiskacceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- grammatiskof or pertaining to grammar
Thai ตามไวยากรณ์
- ตามไวยากรณ์ (dtaam wai-yaa-gɔɔn)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
Turkish dil bilgisi
- dil bilgisiof or pertaining to grammar
Ukrainian грамати́чний, грамати́чний
- грамати́чний (hramatýčnyj)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- грамати́чний (hramatýčnyj)of or pertaining to grammar
Yiddish גראַמאַטיש, גראַמאַטיש
- גראַמאַטיש (gramatish)acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
- גראַמאַטיש (gramatish)of or pertaining to grammar
Cite this entry
grammatical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammatical
“grammatical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammatical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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