adjective
synthetic
Expressing grammatical relationships through changes in word forms.
The language uses synthetic forms to express grammatical relationships.
Etymology
The composition idea applies to combining grammatical information within words. A synthetic language expresses relationships through forms built into the word itself.
More examples
- Latin is more synthetic than modern English.
- The lesson compares synthetic and analytic structures.
- A synthetic construction combines meanings within one word.
Forms
synthetic
Similar words
- inflected
- Inflected specifically concerns word-form changes.
- agglutinative
- Agglutinative identifies one type of synthetic grammatical structure.