synthetic

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/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/

adj 5noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

allergic, creepy, genetic, genuine, postbiological

She had an allergic reaction to the synthetic fabric in her new dress.

VERB + SYNTHETIC

bought, create, created, field, made, offered

The company created synthetic diamonds that are cheaper and more eco-friendly than natural ones.

SYNTHETIC + NOUN

biology, bodies, cells, diamond, element, gel, jacket, language

The scientists created synthetic cells that could replicate biological functions in the laboratory.

PREP.

about, from, with

The new fabric is made from synthetic materials that are cheaper than cotton.

ADV.

actually, usually

Most synthetic fabrics are usually easier to care for than natural materials.

Definitions

adj

Of, or relating to synthesis.

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.

Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.

Artificial, not genuine.

Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).

noun

A synthetic compound.

Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observat

synthetical

adjective — involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate

synthetical

adjective — artificial as if portrayed in a film

celluloid

adjective — not of natural origin

man-made
semisynthetic

Antonyms

analytic
analytical
uninflected

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.

Wiktionary

The chairs are made of a synthetic material.

Tatoeba · #681434

I'm allergic to synthetic rubber.

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German is a synthetic language.

Tatoeba · #1354378

In the postbiological era, synthetic bodies became the new home of human minds.

Tatoeba · #3316588

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