Synthetic - Definition

adj 1: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;
"man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" [syn: man-made,
semisynthetic, synthetic]
2: 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 [syn: synthetic, synthetical] [ant: analytic,
analytical]
3: systematic combining of root and modifying elements into
single words [ant: analytic, uninflected]
4: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by
observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic
proposition" [syn: synthetic, synthetical] [ant:
analytic, analytical]
5: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat
celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid, synthetic]
6: not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes
when passions are synthetic"- George Will
n 1: a compound made artificially by chemical reactions [syn:
synthetic, synthetic substance]