semantic

/sɪˈmæntɪk/

semantic adjective: of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.

Adjective

semantic (not comparable)

Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
(slang) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.

Noun

semantic (plural semantics)

In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
- Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese.2005, Friedrich Alexander Bischoff, Yinglin Wang, San tzu ching explicated, the classical initiation to classic Chinese couplet I to XI, page 21
- In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram.2013, William S-Y. Wang, Love and War in Ancient China: Voices from the Shijing, page 25

semantic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

semantic in Hindi

of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words: अर्थसंबंधी arthasambandhī

semantic in Tamil

சொற்பொருள்

semantic in Marathi

of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words: शब्दार्थासंबंधीचा śabdārthāsambandhīcā

semantic in Urdu

سیمنٹک, سیمینٹک

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semantic in Bengali: ভাষাগত অর্থবোধক
semantic in Telugu: శబ్దార్థం, సెమాంటిక్
semantic in Malayalam: സെമാന്റിക്
semantic in Kannada: ಶಬ್ದಾರ್ಥ, ಶಬ್ದಾರ್ಥದ
semantic in Gujarati: સિમેન્ટીક
semantic in Nepali: सिमेन्टीक, सिमेन्टिक
semantic in Arabic: دَلَالَات الأَلفَاظ
semantic in Indonesian: semantis

Examples of semantic in a sentence

A word and its false friend may well be etymologically related: in such cases semantic shifts have made them drift apart.
Directions to mom’s house are stored in your semantic memory.
Equivalence is important, but when translating poetry, you need to get across the feel and the emotion more than the exact semantic meaning.

All 40 example sentences with semantic

Antonyms of semantic

antisemantic

Forms of semantic

plural	semantics

Origin of semantic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). Compare French sémantique.

Words formed from semantic

Phrases with semantic

4 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with semantic

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womantic

Questions about semantic

What does semantic mean?: Semantic means of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
What is semantic in Hindi?: Semantic in Hindi is अर्थसंबंधी (arthasambandhī). See Semantic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is semantic?: Semantic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce semantic?: Semantic is pronounced /sɪˈmæntɪk/.

Words near semantic in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: semantic (page history and authors); semantic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semantic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semantic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); semantic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semantic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semantic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semantic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semantic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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