synthetic

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
• Syn:
synthetic substance
• Hypernyms:
compound, chemical compound
• Hyponyms:
Plasticine, phosphor, rubber, synthetic rubber

II - adjective

1. not of natural origin;
prepared or made artificially (Freq. 7)
- man-made fibers
- synthetic leather
• Syn:
man-made, semisynthetic
• Similar to:
artificial, unreal
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
2. 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
• Ant:
analytic
• Derivationally related forms:
synthesis (for: synthetical), synthesis
3. systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
• Ant:
analytic
• Similar to:
agglutinative, polysynthetic
• Topics:
linguistics
4. of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
- 'all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
• Syn:
synthetical
• Ant:
analytic
• See Also:
a posteriori, inductive, logical
• Derivationally related forms:
synthesis
• Topics:
logic
5. artificial as if portrayed in a film
- a novel with flat celluloid characters
• Syn:
celluloid
• Similar to:
artificial, unreal
6. not genuine or natural
- "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
• Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  celluloid, synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic substance
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  analytic, analytical, uninflected