Standard Lemma guide

asynchronous

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /eɪˈsɪŋ.kɹə.nəs/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EY1 S IH1 NG K R AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not synchronous; occurring at different times.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: communication, communications, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: in parallel

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in parallel

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: synchronous

5

adjective

Meaning 5

(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: synchronous

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English synchronous English asynchronous From a- + synchronous.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَا مُتَزَامِن (lā mutazāmin) — not synchronous
  • Arabic: لَا مُتَزَامِنَة (lā mutazāmina) — not synchronous
  • Catalan: asíncron — not synchronous
  • Czech: asynchronní — not synchronous
  • Danish: asynkron — not synchronous
  • Dutch: asynchroon — not synchronous
  • Finnish: asynkroninen — not synchronous
  • French: asynchrone — not synchronous
  • Hungarian: aszinkron — not synchronous
  • Icelandic: ósamstilltur — not synchronous
  • Indonesian: asinkron — not synchronous
  • Indonesian: asinkronus — not synchronous
  • Italian: asincrono — not synchronous
  • Norwegian Bokmål: asynkron — not synchronous
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: asynkron — not synchronous
  • Polish: asynchroniczny — not synchronous
  • Portuguese: assíncrono — not synchronous
  • Romanian: asincron — not synchronous
  • Russian: асинхро́нный (asinxrónnyj) — not synchronous
  • Russian: несинхро́нный (nesinxrónnyj) — not synchronous
  • Russian: несинхронизи́рованный (nesinxronizírovannyj) — not synchronous
  • Spanish: asíncrono — not synchronous
  • Spanish: asincrónico — not synchronous
  • Swedish: asynkron — not synchronous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 异步 (yìbù) — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Dutch: asynchroon — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Esperanto: nesinkrona — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Finnish: asynkroninen — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • French: asynchrone — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Icelandic: ósamstilltur — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Italian: asincrono — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Spanish: asíncrono — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
  • Spanish: asincrónico — (computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message