/
sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
adj.
- made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
▸not genuine; unnatural.
- Logic having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience. Compare with analytic.
- Linguistics (of a language) tending to use inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure. Contrasted with analytic.
n.
a synthetic substance, especially a textile fibre.
Derivative
- synthetical adj.
- synthetically adv.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. synthétique or mod. L. syntheticus, from Gk sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.
