synthetic

  • (s) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
    • man-made fibers
    • synthetic leather
    man-made, semisynthetic,
  • (a) 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
    synthetical,
  • (a) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
  • (a) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
    • "all men are arrogant" is a synthetic proposition
    synthetical,
  • (s) artificial as if portrayed in a film
    • a novel with flat celluloid characters
    celluloid,
  • (s) not genuine or natural
    • "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will

Nouns

Synonyms

man-made semisynthetic synthetic substance synthetical celluloid

Antonyms

analytical analytic uninflected

See also

a posteriori inductive logical

Words of close approximity

synthetical synthetically synthetic cubism synthetic fiber synthetic heroin synthetic resin synthetic rubber synthetic substance synthetic thinking