Home › Words › S › syriacismsyriacismsyriacism means an idiom or other feature borrowed from Syriac.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, syriacism ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Syriac + -ism.nounAn idiom or other feature borrowed from Syriac.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.syrianism 85% match — Syrian nationalism. vs syriacism →syriasm 75% match — A result of Syriac influence. vs syriacism →arabism 68% match — An idiom characteristic of the Arabic language. vs syriacism →aramaicism 66% match — An idiom characteristic of Aramaic. vs syriacism →semitism 66% match — A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew. vs syriacism →arabicism 65% match — Synonym of Arabism. vs syriacism →macedonianism 64% match — An idiom or other feature borrowed from Macedonian. vs syriacism →assyriac 64% match — Synonym of Assyrian vs syriacism →