synchronous

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

UK /ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #69497

Meanings

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adj
occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

Recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour.A.M.A.

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Synonyms

1 adj · occurring or existing at... synchronic

More simultaneous coincident coeval contemporaneous coetaneous concurrent

Word family

Derived forms antisynchronousasynchronousautosynchronousbisynchronousdesynchronousdyssynchronousdysynchronousgeosynchronousheliosynchronoushemisynchronoushypersynchronousisosynchronous

Related forms diachronicdiachronicallydiachronousdiachronouslysynchicitysynchronicsynchronicitysynchronisesynchronistsynchronizesynchronouslysynchrony

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synchronous motor
an electric motor whose rotation stays in step with the alternating-current supply

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ous = synchrony + -ous; however, all related words (e.g., synchronic, synchrony, synchronicity, diachronous, diachronic, diachrony, diachronicity) were coined later, either as back-formations from, or otherwise by analogy with the surface analysis of, synchronous.

synchronus la-lat σύγχρονος Ancient Greek

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# synchronous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/
**Frequency rank:** 69497

## Meanings
1. occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

## Examples
- Recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour.A.M.A.

## Synonyms
- synchronic
- simultaneous
- coincident
- coeval
- contemporaneous
- coetaneous
- concurrent

## Derived Forms
- antisynchronous
- asynchronous
- autosynchronous
- bisynchronous
- desynchronous
- dyssynchronous
- dysynchronous
- geosynchronous
- heliosynchronous
- hemisynchronous
- hypersynchronous
- isosynchronous

## Related Forms
- diachronic
- diachronically
- diachronous
- diachronously
- synchicity
- synchronic
- synchronicity
- synchronise
- synchronist
- synchronize
- synchronously
- synchrony

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: synchronus
- Root: σύγχρονος

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ous = synchrony + -ous; however, all related words (e.g., synchronic, synchrony, synchronicity, diachronous, diachronic, diachrony, diachronicity) were coined later, either as back-formations from, or otherwise by analogy with the surface analysis of, synchronous.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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