Grep of noun synthetic
synthetic
synthetic cubism
synthetic fiber
synthetic resin
synthetic rubber
synthetic thinking
Overview of noun synthetic
The noun synthetic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. synthetic -- (a compound made artificially by chemical reactions)
Overview of adj synthetic
The adj synthetic has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic -- ((chemistry) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather")
2. synthetic, synthetical -- (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)
3. synthetic -- ((linguistics) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words)
4. synthetic, synthetical -- ((logic) of a proposition; having a truth value determined by observation or facts, as "all men are arrogant")
5. celluloid, synthetic -- (artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters")
6. synthetic -- (not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will)
Antonyms of adj synthetic
6 senses of synthetic
Sense 1
man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic
INDIRECT (VIA artificial) -> natural
Sense 2
synthetic (vs. analytic), synthetical
analytic (vs. synthetic), analytical
Sense 3
synthetic (vs. analytic)
analytic (vs. synthetic), uninflected
=> isolating(postnominal)
Sense 4
synthetic (vs. analytic), synthetical
analytic (vs. synthetic), analytical
Sense 5
celluloid, synthetic
INDIRECT (VIA artificial) -> natural
Sense 6
synthetic
INDIRECT (VIA counterfeit) -> genuine, echt
Similarity of adj synthetic
6 senses of synthetic
Sense 1
man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic
=> artificial (vs. natural), unreal
Sense 2
synthetic (vs. analytic), synthetical
Sense 3
synthetic (vs. analytic)
=> agglutinative, combining(postnominal), polysynthetic
=> inflectional
Sense 4
synthetic (vs. analytic), synthetical
Also See-> a posteriori#1; inductive#3; logical#1
Sense 5
celluloid, synthetic
=> artificial (vs. natural), unreal
Sense 6
synthetic
=> counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative
Attributes of adj synthetic
Familiarity of adj synthetic
synthetic used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6)
Grep of adj synthetic
biosynthetic
nonphotosynthetic
nonsynthetic
photosynthetic
polysynthetic
semisynthetic
synthetic
synthetical
Overview of noun synthetic
The noun synthetic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. synthetic -- (a compound made artificially by chemical reactions)
Overview of adj synthetic
The adj synthetic has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic -- ((chemistry) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather")
2. synthetic, synthetical -- (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)
3. synthetic -- ((linguistics) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words)
4. synthetic, synthetical -- ((logic) of a proposition; having a truth value determined by observation or facts, as "all men are arrogant")
5. celluloid, synthetic -- (artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters")
6. synthetic -- (not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will)
synthetic definition
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