syntheticadjective
uk/sɪnˈθet.ɪk/us/sɪnˈθet̬.ɪk/Synthetic products are made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product:
synthetic fibres
disapproving false or artificial:
She criticized the synthetic charm of TV hosts.
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Natural and artificial
- artificial
- bogus
- cardboard
- claim
- contrived
- fake
- inauthentic
- make no claim to be sth idiom
- man-made
- mock
- natural
- naturally
- organic
- plastic
- raw
- refined
- simulate
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unbleached
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synthetically
adverb uk/sɪnˈθet.ɪ.kəl.i/us/sɪnˈθet̬.ɪ.kəl.i/