semantical
Concerning word significance
Semantical is an adjective form of semantic, relating to meaning in language.
Both forms work identically—semantic analysis and semantical analysis describe the same thing—but semantic is far more common in contemporary usage.
Semantical appears mainly in older academic writing and sounds slightly archaic today.
Word's explicit dictionary meaning
- sensePerception or judgment
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- meaningWhat something signifies
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
implication · nuance · interpretation · definition · conceptualization · understanding · comprehension · significance
Study of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
lexicography · grammar · polysemy · homonymy · synonymy · antonymy · etymology · morpheme
Group with shared aim
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- undertoneSubdued background quality
- insinuationIndirect, usually negative suggestion
allusion · suggestion · subtext · overtone · resonance · coloring · loaded language · register
Word having related meanings
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- imprecisionLack of exactness
denotation
Word's explicit dictionary meaning
connotation · implication · nuance · interpretation · definition · conceptualization · understanding · comprehension · significance · explication
morphology
Study of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
semiotics · lexicography · grammar · polysemy · homonymy · synonymy · antonymy · etymology · morpheme · signifier
association
Group with shared aim
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- undertoneSubdued background quality
insinuation · allusion · suggestion · subtext · overtone · resonance · coloring · loaded language · register · tone
polysemy
Word having related meanings
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
imprecision · disambiguation · fuzzy boundaries · multiple meanings
semanticalsyntactical
Relating to sentence structure
syntactic · phonological · phonetic · morphological · pragmatic
semanticalmeaningless
Lacking significance or purpose
nonsensical · empty · vacuous
- arguing semantics
- semantic analysisStudy of linguistic meaning
- semantic equivalenceIdentical meaning between expressions
- semantic fieldsConceptually related word groupings
- semantic webNetwork of related meanings
- lexical semanticsStudy of word meaning