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