synthetic

syn·thet·ic  (sn-thtk)

adj.

1. Relating to, involving, or of the nature of synthesis.

2. Chemistry Produced by synthesis, especially not of natural origin.

3.

a. Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived: "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic" (George F. Will).

b. Prepared or made artificially: synthetic leather. See Synonyms at artificial.

4. Linguistics Relating to or being a language, such as Latin or Russian, that uses inflectional affixes to express syntactic relationships.

5. Logic & Philosophy Relating to or being a proposition that attributes to a subject a predicate not inherent in the subject and that does not result in a contradiction if negated.

n.

A synthetic chemical compound or material.

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[Greek sunthetikos, skilled in putting together, component, from sunthetos, combined, from suntithenai, to put together; see synthesis.]

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syn·theti·cal·ly adv.

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synthetic

Adjective

1. (of a substance or material) made artificially by chemical reaction

2. not sincere or genuine: synthetic compassion

Noun

a synthetic substance or material [Greek sunthetikos expert in putting together]

synthetically adv

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synthetic  (sn-thtk)

Produced artificially, especially in a laboratory or other man-made environment. Nylon is a synthetic chemical compound.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	synthetic - a compound made artificially by chemical reactions synthetic substance Plasticine - a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools) phosphor - a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight synthetic rubber, rubber - any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
Adj.	1.	synthetic - not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" man-made, semisynthetic chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
	2.	synthetic - involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch synthetical analytical, analytic - using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"
	3.	synthetic - systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words linguistics - the scientific study of language analytic, uninflected - expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
	4.	synthetic - of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition" synthetical logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference a posteriori - involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration" inductive - of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning" logical - capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind" analytical, analytic - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
	5.	synthetic - artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" celluloid artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
	6.	synthetic - not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

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synthetic

adjective artificial, manufactured, fake, man-made, mock, simulated, sham, pseudo (informal) ersatz << OPPOSITE real

Translations

synthetic [sɪnˈθɛtɪk] adj → sintético

n → sintético

synthetic [sɪnˈθɛtɪk] adj → synthétique

n → matière f synthétique;

synthetics npl → textiles artificiels

synthetic [sɪnˈθɛtɪk] adj → synthetisch;

(speech) → künstlich;

synthetics npl (man-made fabrics) → Synthetik f

synthetic [sɪnˈθɛtɪk] adj → sintetico/a

n → prodotto sintetico;

(TEXTILES) → fibra sintetica