synthetic

adjective

/sɪnˈθetɪk/

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artificial; made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals synonym man-made
- synthetic drugs/fabrics
- shoes with synthetic soles
- synthetic dyes
- Even the hair is synthetic.
Synonyms artificial
artificial
- synthetic
- false
- man-made
- fake
- imitation
These words all describe things that are not real, or not naturally produced or grown.
- artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:
  artificial flowers
  artificial light
- synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals:
  synthetic drugs
  shoes with synthetic soles
- false not natural:
  false teeth
  a false beard
- man-made made by people; not natural:
  man-made fibres such as nylon
- fake made to look like something else; not real:
  a fake-fur jacket
- imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real:
  She would never wear imitation pearls.
Patterns
- artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products
- artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather
- artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls
Topics Physics and chemistryc1
(linguistics) (of languages) using changes to the ends of words rather than separate words to show the functions of words in a sentence compare agglutinative, analytic

Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.

synthetic

noun

/sɪnˈθetɪk/

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an artificial substance or material
- cotton fabrics and synthetics
- material with the feel of a natural fibre and the durability of a synthetic
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.

单词	synthetic
释义	synthetic adjective /sɪnˈθetɪk/ /sɪnˈθetɪk/ jump to other results artificial; made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals synonym man-made synthetic drugs/fabrics shoes with synthetic soles synthetic dyes Even the hair is synthetic. Synonyms artificialartificial synthetic false man-made fake imitation These words all describe things that are not real, or not naturally produced or grown. artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real: artificial flowers artificial light synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals: synthetic drugs shoes with synthetic soles false not natural: false teeth a false beard man-made made by people; not natural: man-made fibres such as nylon fake made to look like something else; not real: a fake-fur jacket imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real: She would never wear imitation pearls. Patterns artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls Topics Physics and chemistryc1 (linguistics) (of languages) using changes to the ends of words rather than separate words to show the functions of words in a sentence compare agglutinative, analytic Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’. synthetic noun /sɪnˈθetɪk/ /sɪnˈθetɪk/ jump to other results an artificial substance or material cotton fabrics and synthetics material with the feel of a natural fibre and the durability of a synthetic Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.
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