1. (

• synthetic ,
• synthetic_substance

) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions ;

1. (

• man-made ,
• semisynthetic ,
• synthetic

) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" ;

2. (

• synthetic ,
• synthetical ,

) 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 ;

3. (

• synthetic ,

) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words ;

4. (

• synthetic ,
• synthetical ,

) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition" ;

5. (

• celluloid ,
• synthetic ,

) artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" ;

6. (

• synthetic

) not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will ;