Definition of Synthetic

Noun

  • a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
    - synthetic substance

Adjective

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

322 unscramble word found using the letters synthetic.

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