synthetic
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
- Plasticine hyponym
- phosphor hyponym
- synthetic rubber hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
man-made fibers
Related & opposite
- chemistry domain topic
- artificial similar to
Sense 3 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- analytical antonym
- deductive reasoning derivation
- synthetic thinking derivation
- synthesis derivation
Sense 4 adjective
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
Related & opposite
- analytic antonym
- linguistics domain topic
- agglutinative similar to
Sense 5 adjective
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
Related & opposite
- a posteriori also see
- inductive also see
- logical also see
- analytical antonym
- deductive reasoning derivation
- logic domain topic
Sense 6 adjective
artificial as if portrayed in a film
a novel with flat celluloid characters
Related & opposite
- artificial similar to
Sense 7 adjective
not genuine or natural
counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic
Related & opposite
- counterfeit similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Plasticine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phosphor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synthetic rubber |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | artificial |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | analytical |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive reasoning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | synthetic thinking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | synthesis |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | analytic |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | agglutinative |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | a posteriori |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | inductive |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | logical |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | analytical |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive reasoning |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | logic |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | artificial |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | counterfeit |