Analytic

Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Synonyms

Analytical

In category

Logic

Antonyms

Synthetic

Examples

`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

Synonyms

Analytical

Antonyms

Synthetic

Examples

An analytic experiment

An analytic approach

A keenly analytic man

Analytical reasoning

An analytical mind

Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection

Synonyms

Uninflected

In category

Linguistics

Similar to

Isolating

Antonyms

Synthetic

Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus

Pertains to

Analysis

Derivation

Analysis

Examples

Analytic statics