Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deictic

1 sense of deictic

Sense 1
deictic, deictic word -- (a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs; "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit)
       => word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")

Similarity of adj deictic

1 sense of deictic

Sense 1
deictic -- (relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic pronouns")