linguisticsreferring to the relationship between a set of linguistic items that can replace each other in a particular context, for example ‘vase’ and ‘book’ or ‘on’ and ‘under’ in the sentence ‘The vase is on the table’
Synonyms and related words
Describing words, clauses and sentences
anaphoric
cataphoric
compound
See alsosyntagmatic
paradigmatic
adjectiveformal
US /ˌperədɪɡˈmætɪk/
DEFINITIONS2
1
providing a typical example or model of something
Hotdogs are the paradigmatic American food.
Synonyms and related words
Typical, traditional and usual
typical
traditional
usual
2
linguisticsreferring to the relationship between a set of linguistic items that can replace each other in a particular context, for example “vase” and “book” or “on” and “under” in the sentence “The vase is on the table”