Word: Synthetic
How to pronounce: sɪnˈθetɪk
Adjective
Definitions:
1. (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
Example sentences: "Synthetic rubber"
2. (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.
Example sentences: "Kant held that, even though most mathematical propositions are synthetic, they are knowable a priori - independent of sensory experience."
3. (of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure.
Example sentences: "Inflected languages are a variety of synthetic language in which a word takes various forms, most usually by the addition of suffixes, which show its role in the sentence."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fiber.
Example sentences: "Twentieth century technology has opened up a treasure of textures and materials from space age synthetics to hand-woven straws."
Synonyms:
artificial
synthetics
faux
plastic
semisynthetic
manmade
factitious
fake
false
Derivations:
synthetically
synthesis
synthetical
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Synthetic in Other Languages...
Spanish: Síntesis
German: Synthetisch
French: Synthétique
Italian: Sintetico
Turkish: Sentetik
