Meanings
adjectivesynsemantic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesHaving a meaning only when in the company of other words.
Here autosemantic symbols are understood as referring singly or distributively to independent particulars, whereas synsemantic symbols function merely as parts of autosemantic symbols.
1970, Stephan Körner, Categorial frameworks, page 20
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiveof a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German synsemantisch
- synsemantischTranslations
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APA
synsemantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synsemantic
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“synsemantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synsemantic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synsemantic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synsemantic.
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