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synthetic - 8 definitions

- noun
1. synthetic -- a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
synonyms: synthetic substance
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. synthetic, synthetics --
synonyms: synthetics
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
3. man-made -- not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
synonyms: man-made, semisynthetic
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. synthetic -- involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch
synonyms: synthetical
antonyms: analytic -- using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. synthetic -- systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
antonyms: analytic -- expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. synthetic -- of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
synonyms: synthetical
antonyms: analytic -- of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. celluloid -- artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
synonyms: celluloid
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. synthetic -- not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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analytic -- using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"
analytic -- expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
analytic -- of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"

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