linguistics

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lin=guis=tics

CIDE DICTIONARY

linguistics, n. [Cf. F. linguistique.].

 The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

linguistics, n. the scientific study of languages and their structure.

Derivative

linguistician n.

Etymology

F linguistique or G Linguistik (as LINGUIST)

THESAURUS

linguistics

bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics, historical linguistics, language study, lexicology, lexicostatistics, linguistic geography, linguistic science, mathematical linguistics, morphology, morphophonemics, paleography, philology, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, semantics, sociolinguistics, structuralism, syntactics, transformational linguistics

ROGET THESAURUS

linguistics

Language

N language, phraseology, speech, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, household words, King's English, Queen's English, dialect, confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie, pantomime, onomatopoeia, betacism, mimmation, myatism, nunnation, pasigraphy, lexicology, philology, glossology, glottology, linguistics, chrestomathy, paleology, paleography, comparative grammar, literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres, muses, humanities, literae humaniores, republic of letters, dead languages, classics, genius of language, scholarship, lingual, linguistic, dialectic, vernacular, current, bilingual, diglot, hexaglot, polyglot, literary, syllables govern the world.