Syntactic category and Word class

Syntactic category

Syntactic category noun - (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties.

Word class and syntactic category are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Word class" with "Syntactic category", this phrases are similar.

Word class

Word class noun - One of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context.
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Synonyms for Word class

Syntactic category and word class are semantically related. You can use "Syntactic category" instead a noun phrase "Word class".

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Word class and Syntactic category. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/syntactic_category/word_class
Syntactic category & Word class. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/syntactic_category/word_class>.
Word class or Syntactic category. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/syntactic_category/word_class.
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