synthetic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
- sĭnthĕt'ĭk
Etymology
From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).
Meanings
- Of, or relating to synthesis.
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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 recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most synthetic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more synthetic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
retrosynthetic · pyrosynthetic · synthetic philosophy · radiosynthetic · synthetic air · synthetic phonics · parasynthetic · synthetic fibre · synthetically · proteosynthetic · mutasynthetic · synthetic element · postsynthetic · synthetic paper · synthetic theory · biosynthetic · chemosynthetic · synthetic lethality · nucleosynthetic · unsynthetic · tomosynthetic · metasynthetic · simvastatin · mechanosynthetic · sDMARD · synthetic biology · electrosynthetic · geosynthetic · phosphosynthetic · synzyme · synthetic intelligence · synthetical · synthetic ice · synthetic geometry · presynthetic · polysynthetic · semisynthetic · synfuel · synthetic future · synthetic ice skate · hemisynthetic · narcosynthetic · synthfuel · nonsynthetic · syntheticism · ecosynthetic · syntocinon · osteosynthetic · thermosynthetic · photosynthetic · synthetic meat · synthetic division · photoelectrosynthetic · syntheticity · heterosynthetic · synthespian · psychosynthetic · oligosynthetic · synthetic fiber
Translations (93)
fr synthétique (of, or relating to synthesis) · sh sintètičan (produced by chemical synthesis) · el συνθετικός (of, or relating to synthesis) · it sintetico (artificial, not genuine) · hy սինթետիկ (produced by chemical synthesis) · sw sintetiki (produced by chemical synthesis) · fi synteettinen (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · fi keinotekoinen (artificial, not genuine) · pl syntetyczny (produced by chemical synthesis) · sh синтѐтичан (produced by chemical synthesis) · gl sintético (artificial, not genuine) · nl synthetisch (of, or relating to synthesis) · kk синтетикалық (produced by chemical synthesis) · fi synteettinen (of, or relating to synthesis) · fi synteettinen (artificial, not genuine) · pl syntetyczny (of, or relating to synthesis) · tl ginanggang (produced by chemical synthesis) · pt sintético (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · pl sztuczny (artificial, not genuine) · ru синтети́ческий (of, or relating to synthesis) · be сінтэты́чны (of, or relating to synthesis) · ca sintètic (artificial, not genuine) · hu szintetikus (produced by chemical synthesis) · ga sintéiseach (of, or relating to synthesis) · hi संश्लिष्ट (artificial, not genuine) · ca sintètic (of, or relating to synthesis) · gd fuadain (artificial, not genuine) · sh синтѐтичан (of, or relating to synthesis) · nn syntetisk (artificial, not genuine) · de synthetisch (produced by chemical synthesis) · ca sintètic (produced by chemical synthesis) · hy սինթետիկ (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · kk жинақтамалы (of, or relating to synthesis) · it sintetico (of, or relating to synthesis) · el συνθετικός (produced by chemical synthesis) · hu szintetikus (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · fi synteettinen (produced by chemical synthesis) · cs syntetický (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · tl lagumlalangin (of, or relating to synthesis) · uk синтети́чний (produced by chemical synthesis) · bg синтетичен (of, or relating to synthesis) · be сінтэты́чны (produced by chemical synthesis) · cs umělý (artificial, not genuine) · it sintetico (produced by chemical synthesis) · be сінтэты́чны (artificial, not genuine) · gl sintético (produced by chemical synthesis) · hi संश्लिष्ट (of, or relating to synthesis) · sv konst- (artificial, not genuine) · sh ùmjetan (artificial, not genuine) · pt sintético (produced by chemical synthesis) · cs strojený (artificial, not genuine) · pt sintético (artificial, not genuine) · gl sintético (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · cs syntetický (of, or relating to synthesis) · uk синтети́чний (artificial, not genuine) · es sintético (artificial, not genuine) · ro sintetic (of, or relating to synthesis) · nl synthetisch (artificial, not genuine) · el συνθετικός (artificial, not genuine) · mi horihori (artificial, not genuine) · ga tacair (artificial, not genuine) · hy համադրական (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · nl synthetisch (produced by chemical synthesis) · id sintetis (of, or relating to synthesis) · pl syntetyczny (artificial, not genuine) · bg изкуствен (artificial, not genuine) · kk синтездік (produced by chemical synthesis) · tl lagumlalangin (artificial, not genuine) · hi संश्लिष्ट (produced by chemical synthesis) · cs syntetický (produced by chemical synthesis) · uk синтети́чний (of, or relating to synthesis) · ru синтети́ческий (artificial, not genuine) · be сінтэты́чны (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · hu szintetikus (of, or relating to synthesis) · sv syntetisk (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · sh sintètičan (of, or relating to synthesis) · id sintetis (produced by chemical synthesis) · ru синтети́ческий (produced by chemical synthesis) · sh у̀мјетан (artificial, not genuine) · uk синтети́чний (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · pt artificial (artificial, not genuine) · hy արհեստական (artificial, not genuine) · sv syntetiserad (produced by chemical synthesis) · nb syntetisk (artificial, not genuine) · ro artificial (artificial, not genuine) · hy սինթետիկ (of, or relating to synthesis) · mi parau (artificial, not genuine) · pt sintético (of, or relating to synthesis) · ru синтети́ческий (pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word) · cs falešný (artificial, not genuine) · gl artificial (artificial, not genuine) · ru иску́сственный (artificial, not genuine) · gl sintético (of, or relating to synthesis)