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

2 senses of semantics

Sense 1
semantics -- (the study of language meaning)
       => linguistics -- (the scientific study of language)

Sense 2
semantics -- (the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text; "a petty argument about semantics")
       => meaning, substance -- (the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?")