Main entry: analytic, analytical
Definition: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
Usage: `all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition
Antonyms: synthetic, synthetical
Definition: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
Main entry: analytic, analytical
Definition: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
Usage: an analytic experiment; an analytic approach; a keenly analytic man; analytical reasoning; an analytical mind
Antonyms: synthetic, synthetical
Definition: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis