HOW TO PRONOUNCE
synthetic
/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
Press play to hear how to pronounce synthetic.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does synthetic mean?
adjective
- 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.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Of a smell, taste, or other sensory quality: artificial; perceptible as an unnatural taste.
- Artificial, not genuine.
- Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
- Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships.
noun
- A synthetic compound.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The synthetic idea of the tax, as well as its original conception, would furnish material for the most extensive developments.
The method of study is, as shown, a purely synthetic deduction of human ideas from spiritual symbols of universal principles.
More book examples (3)
As far back as the record extends they show no sign of becoming merged with other phyla in any synthetic group.
What his dazzled state neglected in this, his first far too synthetic estimation, we do not think it necessary to point out here.
Many facts, including their feverish development of synthetic rubber, small quantities of which they obtained at enormous cost, go to prove this conclusion.