The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syncategorematic
Syncategorematic \Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? a predicate. See Syn-, and Categorematic.] (Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.
Wiktionary
syncategorematic
a. (context linguistics of a term English) Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
WordNet
syncategorematic
adj. of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms; "`or' is a syncategorematic term" [ant: categorematic]
Usage examples of "syncategorematic".
A word is Categorematic if used singly as a term without the support of other words: it is Syncategorematic when joined with other words in order to constitute the subject or predicate of a proposition.