Synonyms & related words for illocutionary

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Words related to illocutionary

Explore words related to illocutionary — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include perlocutionary, illocution, perlocution, locutionary, paralinguistics, extralinguistic, linguistics, acrolectal. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does illocutionary come from?

The word illocutionary breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: il-, from Latin in (“in, toward”); locution, from Latin loqui (“to speak”); and -ary, from Latin arius (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.