"synthetic" in the noun sense
1. synthetic, synthetic substance
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
"synthetic" in the adjective sense
1. man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic
not of natural origin prepared or made artificially
"man-made fibers"
"synthetic leather"
2. synthetic, synthetical
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
3. synthetic
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
4. synthetic, synthetical
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
"`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
5. celluloid, synthetic
artificial as if portrayed in a film
"a novel with flat celluloid characters"
6. synthetic
not genuine or natural
"counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
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