(n) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition, Syn. categoreme, Ant. syncategoreme, syncategorem, Example:names are called categorems
(n) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition, Syn. syncategoreme, Ant. categorem, categoreme, Example:logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes
(adj) of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms, Ant. categorematic, Example:`or' is a syncategorematic term
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with + &unr_; a predicate. See Syn-, and Categorematic. ] (Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]