Synonyms & related words for locutionary

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of locutionary. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to locutionary

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

Where does locutionary come from?

The word locutionary breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: locut, from Latin loqui (“to speak”); -ion, from Latin io (“act of”); and -ary, from Latin arius (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.