synchronous

Meaning

1. At the same time, at the same frequency.
2. Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.

Opposite of

asynchronous, antisynchronous

Synonyms

simultaneous

contemporary

coincident

synchronal

synchronic

concurrent

coeval

contemporaneous

concurring

coincidental

common

concomitant

up to date

silmultaneous

SYNC

coetaneous

in-sync

coexisting

current

isochronal

isochronous

modern

same time

sync

synch

synchronization

synchronized

together

Translations

synchrone

synchron

síncrono

synchronisch

sincrono

síncrono

sincrónico

sincrônico

σύγχρονος

gleichzeitig

síncron

taktgesteuert

synchroon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ous = synchrony + -ous; however, all related words (e.g., synchronic, synchrony, synchronicity, diachronous, diachronic, diachrony, diachronicity) were coined later, either as back-formations from, or otherwise by analogy with the surface analysis of, synchronous.