synthetic


Meanings

  • a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
  • not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;
    • "synthetic leather"
  • involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; - P.S.Welch
    • "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"
  • 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"
  • artificial as if portrayed in a film;
  • not genuine or natural; - George Will
    • "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"


Scrabble Score: 17

synthetic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

synthetic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

synthetic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 17

synthetic is a valid Words With Friends word