analytical

[an-l-it-i-kuhl] / ˌæn lˈɪt ɪ kəl /

ADJECTIVE

examining

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analytic cogent detailed diagnostic interpretive investigative penetrating rational scientific systematic thorough

WEAK

conclusive discrete dissecting explanatory expository inquiring inquisitive judicious logical organized perceptive perspicuous precise problem-solving questioning ratiocinative reasonably searching solid sound studious subtle testing valid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cursory

WEAK

chaotic disorganized illogical synthetical unsystematic

Example Sentences

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Hottovy, head of analytical research at the location-analytics provider.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

That’s the first analytical step they take, and again, they spend most of the opinion on that.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Using biochemical and analytical methods, the team found that proteins involved in neurogenesis were reduced or missing in mice without CSE.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Webb did so by embodying professional excellence, constructing his cases with analytical rigor, painstaking research, and courage.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Somehow medicine, for all the $80-odd billion that it is said to cost the nation, has not yet come in for much of this analytical treatment.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

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