[syn: analytic, analytical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Analytic \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. analytique. See Analysis.]
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed
to synthetic.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
analytic
adj 1: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and
calculus; "analytic statics"
2: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole
--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or
basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic
approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning";
"an analytical mind" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
synthetic, synthetical]
3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
rather than inflection [syn: analytic, uninflected] [ant:
synthetic]
4: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact
or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic
proposition" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
synthetic, synthetical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "analytic":
a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, acute, algebraic, analytical,
categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, deep,
dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic,
examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational,
explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, geometric,
groping, heuristic, hypothetical, indagative, inductive,
inferential, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational,
investigative, investigatory, keen, maieutic, mathematical,
numeric, penetrating, piercing, profound, ratiocinative,
ratiocinatory, rational, reasoning, schematic, segmental, sharp,
soritical, subtle, syllogistic, synthetic, tentative, testing,
trying, zetetic