synthetic
/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
synthetic adjective: of, or relating to synthesis.
Adjective
synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)
- Of, or relating to synthesis.
- Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
- As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their...2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
- Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.
- Of a smell, taste, or other sensory quality: artificial; perceptible as an unnatural taste.
- Artificial, not genuine.
- Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
- Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships.
Noun
synthetic (plural synthetics)
- A synthetic compound.
- Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.2007 January 14, Elsa Brenner, “Art House to Get a Campus”, in New York Times
synthetic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
synthetic in Hindi
- produced by chemical synthesis
- संश्लिष्ट sañśliṣṭ
- of, or relating to synthesis
- संश्लिष्ट sañśliṣṭ
- artificial, not genuine
- संश्लिष्ट sañśliṣṭ
synthetic in Tamil
- செயற்கைச் சேர்மமான, செயற்கையான, செயற்கை, தொகுப்பு, கூட்டுணைப்பாலான, தொகுப்பு முறை
synthetic in Marathi
- सिंथेटिक, सिन्थेटिक
synthetic in Urdu
- سنتھیٹک, سنتھٹک
More languagesFewer languages
- synthetic in Bengali
- কৃত্রিম kritrim
- synthetic in Telugu
- సింథటిక్
- synthetic in Malayalam
- കൃത്രിമ kr̥trima, കൃത്രിമം kr̥trimaṁ, നിർമ്മിത niṟmmita
- synthetic in Kannada
- ಸಂಶ್ಲಿಷ್ಟ, ಸಂಯೋಜಿತ, ಕೃತಕ ಸಂಯೋಗದ, ಕೃತಕವಾಗಿ ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ
- synthetic in Punjabi
- ਸਿੰਥੈਟਿਕ
- synthetic in Gujarati
- સિન્થેટિક, સિંથેટિક
- synthetic in Odia
- ସିନ୍ଥେଟିକ୍, ସିନ୍ଥେଟିକ
- synthetic in Nepali
- सिन्थेटिक, सिंथेटिक
- synthetic in Tagalog
- ginanggang, lagumlalangin
- synthetic in Indonesian
- sintetis
Examples of synthetic in a sentence
- Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.
- Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.
- The use of synthetic fuels from nonfood crops can reduce the carbon footprint.
Forms of synthetic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more synthetic |
| superlative | most synthetic |
| Noun | |
| plural | synthetics |
Origin of synthetic
From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).
Words formed from synthetic
- biosynthetic
- chemosynthetic
- ecosynthetic
- electrosynthetic
- geosynthetic
- hemisynthetic
- heterosynthetic
- mechanosynthetic
- metasynthetic
- mutasynthetic
- narcosynthetic
- nonsynthetic
- nucleosynthetic
- oligosynthetic
- osteosynthetic
- parasynthetic
- phosphosynthetic
- photoelectrosynthetic
- photosynthetic
- polysynthetic
- postsynthetic
- presynthetic
- proteosynthetic
- psychosynthetic
- pyrosynthetic
- radiosynthetic
- retrosynthetic
- sDMARD
- semisynthetic
- simvastatin
- synfuel
- synthespian
- synthetic air
- synthetical
- synthetically
- synthetic biology
- synthetic division
- synthetic element
- synthetic fiber
- synthetic fibre
- synthetic future
- synthetic geometry
- synthetic ice
- synthetic ice skate
- synthetic intelligence
- syntheticism
- syntheticity
- synthetic lethality
- synthetic meat
- synthetic paper
- synthetic philosophy
- synthetic phonics
- synthetic theory
- synthfuel
- syntocinon
- synzyme
- thermosynthetic
- tomosynthetic
- unsynthetic
Phrases with synthetic
Questions about synthetic
- What does synthetic mean?
- Synthetic means of, or relating to synthesis.
- What is synthetic in Hindi?
- Synthetic in Hindi is संश्लिष्ट (sañśliṣṭ). See Synthetic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is synthetic?
- Synthetic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce synthetic?
- Synthetic is pronounced /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/.
Words near synthetic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: synthetic (page history and authors); synthetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synthetic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthetic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); কৃত্রিম (Bengali) (page history and authors); synthetic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കൃത്രിമ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); synthetic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synthetic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthetic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthetic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); synthetic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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