Basic Details
Word: Analytical
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Using careful, step-by-step thinking to examine something and understand it.
Synonyms: logical, methodical, systematic
Antonyms: illogical
How to Spell Analytical
Syllables: an - a - lyt - i - cal
Tricky part: The middle is lyt with a y, and the ending is ical, as in logical.
Watch out for: analitical, analyticle, annalytical
Memory tip: Read it in parts: ana + lyt + ical. The y of analyse stays, and the ending matches logical, a word that means much the same.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Chess helps children build analytical skills.
Example 2: Detectives in stories are usually sharp and analytical.
Example 3: The science project needed an analytical report, not just pictures.
Fun Fact
In the 1830s Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine, an early plan for a computer. Ada Lovelace wrote what many call the first program for it.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
analytic____
a) ol
b) el
c) le
d) al
Show answer
d) al. Analytic + al gives analytical, just as historic gives historical.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) mathamatical
b) gramatical
c) analytical
d) hystorical
Show answer
c) analytical. Mathematical has an e after the m, grammatical a double m, and historical an i after the h.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
analytical
a) emotional
b) careless
c) random
d) logical
Show answer
d) logical. Analytical thinking is logical thinking, step by step.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Solving puzzles every day made Tanvi more analitical in maths class.
a) analitical
b) puzzles
c) Tanvi
d) maths
Show answer
a) analitical. Analytical keeps the y of analyse.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An analytical reader ____.
a) looks only at the pictures
b) checks facts and asks why things happen
c) reads upside down
d) skips every page
Show answer
b) checks facts and asks why things happen
2. Analytical is the adjective linked to which noun?
a) analysis
b) anatomy
c) anarchy
d) analogy
Show answer
a) analysis
