synthetic C1 Topic:Materials & Substances US /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #11740 Meanings 1 adj Made artificially by chemical processes rather than coming from nature. The jacket is made from synthetic fibres rather than wool. 2 adj Not genuine or sincere; artificial. Her smile looked synthetic and rehearsed. 3 noun A material or substance made by chemical processes. Many cheap clothes are made from synthetics rather than natural cotton. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · made artificially by... man-madeartificial Word family Forms synthetics Derived forms biosyntheticchemosyntheticelectrosyntheticgeosynthetichemisyntheticheterosyntheticmechanosyntheticmetasyntheticmutasyntheticnarcosyntheticnucleosyntheticoligosynthetic Common collocations synthetic cubism Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic). *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European synthétique French συνθετικός Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # synthetic **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 11740 ## Meanings 1. Made artificially by chemical processes rather than coming from nature. 2. Not genuine or sincere; artificial. 3. A material or substance made by chemical processes. ## Examples - The jacket is made from synthetic fibres rather than wool. - Her smile looked synthetic and rehearsed. - Many cheap clothes are made from synthetics rather than natural cotton. ## Derived Forms - biosynthetic - chemosynthetic - electrosynthetic - geosynthetic - hemisynthetic - heterosynthetic - mechanosynthetic - metasynthetic - mutasynthetic - narcosynthetic - nucleosynthetic - oligosynthetic ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dʰeh₁- - Root: synthétique - Root: συνθετικός ## Etymology From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic). ## AI Etymology Synthetic is from French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic). In present-day use, it can mean made artificially by chemical processes rather than coming from nature, or not genuine or sincere; artificial. Derived formations include biosynthetic, chemosynthetic, electrosynthetic, geosynthetic, and hemisynthetic. ## Topics - Materials & Substances - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown