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

3 senses of syntax

Sense 1
syntax, sentence structure, phrase structure -- (the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences)
       => structure -- (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure")

Sense 2
syntax -- (a systematic orderly arrangement)
       => system, scheme -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going")

Sense 3
syntax -- (studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences)
       => grammar -- (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))