synthetic
Of, or relating to synthesis.
Adjective 4 meanings
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).
Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.
Of a smell, taste, or other sensory quality: artificial; perceptible as an unnatural taste.
Noun 1 meaning
A synthetic compound.
Etymology
From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).
SYNTHETIC at a glance
SYNTHETIC has 9 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (S 1 + Y 4 + N 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + T 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,631 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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