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synthetic synthetic definition

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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