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Synonyms for polysynthetic

  • adjective

Most common

agglutinative

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.

Related words

Word family
polysynthesis
Other spellings
polysynthetical

Example sentences

  • agglutinative Agglutinative languages have a lot of suffixes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
polysyntheticsteady
agglutinativesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

13 letters
agglutinative