synsemantic

English

Etymology

syn- +‎ semantic

Adjective

synsemantic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Having a meaning only when in the company of other words.
   • 1970, Stephan Körner, Categorial frameworks, page 20:

     Here autosemantic symbols are understood as referring singly or distributively to independent particulars, whereas synsemantic symbols function merely as parts of autosemantic symbols.

Antonyms

• autosemantic

Translations

Translations

• German: synsemantisch (de)