Synonyms of lexical

lexical

adjective

ˈlek-si-kəl 

as in linguistic

of or relating to words or language

a dictionary provides lexical information—it tells you what the word "cat" means, not all there is to know about cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• linguistic
• verbal
• communicative
• rhetorical
• vocabular
• wordy
• conversational

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonverbal
• nonlinguistic
• nonlexical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lexical

The appearance of these five lexical inventions marks the first time that humankind ever attached words to this invisible and magical mystery. — Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025

Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year. — Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025

Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers. — Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more. — David Crystal june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025

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