Synthetic Definition
sĭn-thĕtĭk
synthetics
adjective
Of, involving, or using synthesis.
Webster's New World
Produced by synthesis; specif., produced by chemical synthesis, rather than of natural origin.
Webster's New World
Prepared or made artificially.
Synthetic leather.
American Heritage
Not real or genuine; artificial or insincere.
Synthetic enthusiasm.
Webster's New World
Characterized by the use of inflection to express grammatical relationships.
Russian is a synthetic language.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
synthetics
Something synthetic; specif., a substance produced by chemical synthesis.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- synthetic substance
Other Word Forms of Synthetic
Noun
Singular:
synthetic
Plural:
syntheticsOrigin of Synthetic
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Greek sunthetikos skilled in putting together, component from sunthetos combined from suntithenai to put together synthesis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikos).
From Wiktionary
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