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Semantics

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Semantics"

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Word	Definition
meaningnoun	The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
connotationnoun	(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
importnoun	(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
denotationnoun	(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
significationnoun	A meaning of a word.
sensenoun	Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
significancenoun	The extent to which something matters; importance
explicationnoun	(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
definitionnoun	(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
referencenoun	The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
explanationnoun	Something that explains or makes understandable.
implicationnoun	(countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
interpretationnoun	(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
elucidationnoun	A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration
purportnoun	To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately). [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]
terminologynoun	The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
phraseologynoun	The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech.
lexicologynoun	(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
semiologynoun	Semiotics, the study of signs.
semioticsnoun	The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.