adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to synthesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
synthetic
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sĭnthĕt'ĭk
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adj
Meaning 2
Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Artificial, not genuine.
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adj
Meaning 5
Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships.
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Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A synthetic compound.
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adjective
Meaning 8
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synthetical
Antonyms: analytic
adjective
Meaning 9
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: analytic
adjective
Meaning 10
involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis- P.S.Welch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synthetical
Antonyms: analytic
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
not genuine or natural- George Will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
artificial as if portrayed in a film
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a novel with flat celluloid characters
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Synonyms: celluloid
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- man-made fibers
- synthetic leather
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Synonyms: man-made, semisynthetic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synthetic substance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compound, chemical compound
Narrower terms: Plasticine, phosphor, rubber, synthetic rubber
History
Etymology
From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սինթետիկ (sintʻetik) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Belarusian: сінтэты́чны (sintetýčny) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Bulgarian: синтетичен (sintetičen) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Catalan: sintètic — of, or relating to synthesis
- Czech: syntetický — of, or relating to synthesis
- Dutch: synthetisch — of, or relating to synthesis
- French: synthétique — of, or relating to synthesis
- Galician: sintético — of, or relating to synthesis
- Greek: συνθετικός (synthetikós) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Hindi: संश्लिष्ट (sañśliṣṭ) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Hungarian: szintetikus — of, or relating to synthesis
- Indonesian: sintetis — of, or relating to synthesis
- Irish: sintéiseach — of, or relating to synthesis
- Italian: sintetico — of, or relating to synthesis
- Kazakh: жинақтамалы (jinaqtamaly) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Polish: syntetyczny — of, or relating to synthesis
- Portuguese: sintético — of, or relating to synthesis
- Romanian: sintetic — of, or relating to synthesis
- Russian: синтети́ческий (sintɛtíčeskij) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Serbo-Croatian: синтѐтичан — of, or relating to synthesis
- Serbo-Croatian: sintètičan — of, or relating to synthesis
- Tagalog: lagumlalangin — of, or relating to synthesis
- Ukrainian: синтети́чний (syntetýčnyj) — of, or relating to synthesis
- Armenian: սինթետիկ (sintʻetik) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Belarusian: сінтэты́чны (sintetýčny) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Catalan: sintètic — produced by chemical synthesis
- Czech: syntetický — produced by chemical synthesis
- Dutch: synthetisch — produced by chemical synthesis
- Galician: sintético — produced by chemical synthesis
- German: synthetisch — produced by chemical synthesis
- Greek: συνθετικός (synthetikós) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Hindi: संश्लिष्ट (sañśliṣṭ) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Hungarian: szintetikus — produced by chemical synthesis
- Indonesian: sintetis — produced by chemical synthesis
- Italian: sintetico — produced by chemical synthesis
- Kazakh: синтездік (sintezdık) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Kazakh: синтетикалық (sintetikalyq) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Polish: syntetyczny — produced by chemical synthesis
- Portuguese: sintético — produced by chemical synthesis
- Russian: синтети́ческий (sintɛtíčeskij) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Serbo-Croatian: синтѐтичан — produced by chemical synthesis
- Serbo-Croatian: sintètičan — produced by chemical synthesis
- Swahili: sintetiki — produced by chemical synthesis
- Swedish: syntetiserad — produced by chemical synthesis
- Tagalog: ginanggang — produced by chemical synthesis
- Ukrainian: синтети́чний (syntetýčnyj) — produced by chemical synthesis
- Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan) — artificial, not genuine
- Belarusian: сінтэты́чны (sintetýčny) — artificial, not genuine
- Bulgarian: изкуствен (izkustven) — artificial, not genuine
- Catalan: sintètic — artificial, not genuine
- Czech: umělý — artificial, not genuine
- Czech: falešný — artificial, not genuine
- Czech: strojený — artificial, not genuine
- Dutch: synthetisch — artificial, not genuine
- Galician: artificial — artificial, not genuine
- Galician: sintético — artificial, not genuine
- Greek: συνθετικός (synthetikós) — artificial, not genuine
- Hindi: संश्लिष्ट (sañśliṣṭ) — artificial, not genuine
- Irish: tacair — artificial, not genuine
- Italian: sintetico — artificial, not genuine
- Māori: horihori — artificial, not genuine
- Māori: parau — artificial, not genuine
- Norwegian Bokmål: syntetisk — artificial, not genuine
- Norwegian Nynorsk: syntetisk — artificial, not genuine
- Polish: syntetyczny — artificial, not genuine
- Polish: sztuczny — artificial, not genuine
- Portuguese: artificial — artificial, not genuine
- Portuguese: sintético — artificial, not genuine
- Romanian: artificial — artificial, not genuine
- Russian: синтети́ческий (sintɛtíčeskij) — artificial, not genuine
- Russian: иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) — artificial, not genuine
- Scottish Gaelic: fuadain — artificial, not genuine
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀мјетан — artificial, not genuine
- Serbo-Croatian: ùmjetan — artificial, not genuine
- Spanish: sintético — artificial, not genuine
- Swedish: konst- — artificial, not genuine
- Tagalog: lagumlalangin — artificial, not genuine
- Ukrainian: синтети́чний (syntetýčnyj) — artificial, not genuine
- Armenian: համադրական (hamadrakan) — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Armenian: սինթետիկ (sintʻetik) — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Belarusian: сінтэты́чны (sintetýčny) — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Czech: syntetický — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Galician: sintético — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Hungarian: szintetikus — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Portuguese: sintético — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Russian: синтети́ческий (sintɛtíčeskij) — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Swedish: syntetisk — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
- Ukrainian: синтети́чний (syntetýčnyj) — pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word
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