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synthetic |
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)
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