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sync

noun · verb · 6 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /sɪŋk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪŋk
  • homophone: sink
  • homophone: cinque
  • homophone: synch
  • homophone: zinc
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Harmony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, usually

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.
  • He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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

6

verb

Meaning 6

make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Let's synchronize our efforts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: synchronize, synchronise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adjust, set, correct

Narrower terms: phase

History

Etymology

Clipping of synchronization.