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syndic

noun · 4 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪndɪk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪndɪk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

  • In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
  • The University of Cambridge has syndics who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees and the framing of laws.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agent, factor, broker

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der. Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos)bor. Late Latin syndicuslbor. French syndicbor. English syndic Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“syndic, representative of a corporation or town”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together, with”) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: висш администратор (visš administrator) — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Estonian: sündik — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • French: syndic — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • French: syndique — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Ido: sindiko — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Italian: sindaco — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Italian: sindaca — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Latin: syndicus — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Latin: ecdicus — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Occitan: sendegue — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Spanish: síndico — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Spanish: síndica — government official having different duties depending on the country
  • Bulgarian: синдик (sindik) — agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
  • Catalan: síndic — agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
  • Catalan: síndica — agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
  • Esperanto: sindiko — agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
  • Portuguese: síndico — agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
  • Portuguese: síndica — agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise