synthetic

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, or relating to synthesis.
2. Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
3. Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.
4. Artificial, not genuine.
5. Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
6. Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).

Noun

A synthetic compound.

Synonyms

synthetical

artificial

man-made

plastic

composite

semisynthetic

celluloid

synthetic substance

comprehensive

counterfeit

deny

ersatz

fake

gilded

hokey

imitation

insincere

invented

mannered

mixed

plummy

resultant

spurious

stagey

stagy

substitute

synthesis

unnatural

artsy-craftsy

arty-crafty

la-di-da

niminy-piminy

not genuine

compositive

chemical synthesis

affected

terra preta

artful

arty

collective

combined

component

composition

compound

contrived

Translations

synthétique

sintético

sintético

synthetisch

sintetico

sintètic

synthetisch

تركيبي

συνθετικός

Kunststoff

sentetik

artificial

künstlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/

Etymology

From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).