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asynchronous

/eɪˈsɪŋ.kɹə.nəs/

asynchronous adjective: not synchronous; occurring at different times.

Adjective

asynchronous (not comparable)

  1. Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
    • These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215
  2. Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
  3. Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
    • Near-synonym: in parallel
    Synonyms:
    in parallel

asynchronous meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian

asynchronous in Tamil

ஒன்றாகநிகழாத, ஒத்தியங்கா, கால இசைவற்ற

asynchronous in Kannada

ಅಸಮಕಾಲಿಕ, ಅಸಮಕಾಲೀನ

asynchronous in Arabic

not synchronous
لَا مُتَزَامِن lā mutazāmin, لَا مُتَزَامِنَة lā mutazāmina

asynchronous in Indonesian

not synchronous
asinkron, asinkronus

Synonyms of asynchronous

Antonyms

Origin of asynchronous

From a- + synchronous.

Words formed from asynchronous

Questions about asynchronous

What does asynchronous mean?
Asynchronous means not synchronous; occurring at different times.
What is asynchronous in Tamil?
Asynchronous in Tamil is ஒன்றாகநிகழாத, ஒத்தியங்கா, கால இசைவற்ற. See Asynchronous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is asynchronous?
Asynchronous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce asynchronous?
Asynchronous is pronounced /eɪˈsɪŋ.kɹə.nəs/ (UK).

Words near asynchronous in the dictionary

  1. asynchronisms
  2. asynchronistic
  3. asynchronistically
  4. asynchronization
  5. asynchronized
  6. asynchronous
  7. asynchronous transfer mode
  8. asynchronously
  9. asynchronousness
  10. asynchronus
  11. asynchrony

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asynchronous (page history and authors); asynchronous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); asynchronous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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