[syn: analytic, analytical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Analytic \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
   cf. F. analytique. See Analysis.]
   Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
   constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed
   to synthetic.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
analytic
    adj 1: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and
           calculus; "analytic statics"
    2: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole
       --intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or
       basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic
       approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning";
       "an analytical mind" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
       synthetic, synthetical]
    3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
       rather than inflection [syn: analytic, uninflected] [ant:
       synthetic]
    4: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact
       or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic
       proposition" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
       synthetic, synthetical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "analytic":
   a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, acute, algebraic, analytical,
   categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, deep,
   dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic,
   examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational,
   explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, geometric,
   groping, heuristic, hypothetical, indagative, inductive,
   inferential, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational,
   investigative, investigatory, keen, maieutic, mathematical,
   numeric, penetrating, piercing, profound, ratiocinative,
   ratiocinatory, rational, reasoning, schematic, segmental, sharp,
   soritical, subtle, syllogistic, synthetic, tentative, testing,
   trying, zetetic