Synonyms for synthetic
sɪnˈθɛt ɪksyn·thet·ic

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1. synthetic, synthetic substanceadjective

   a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

   Synonyms:
   synthetic substance

   Antonyms:
   isolating(a), analytical, natural, genuine, analytic, uninflected, echt

2. man-made, semisynthetic, syntheticadjective

   not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

   "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"

   Synonyms:
   synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, celluloid

   Antonyms:
   natural, analytical, uninflected, analytic, isolating(a), genuine, echt

3. synthetic, syntheticaladjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, celluloid

   Antonyms:
   analytic, analytical, uninflected, natural, echt, isolating(a), genuine

4. syntheticadjective

   systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

   Synonyms:
   synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, celluloid

   Antonyms:
   analytical, genuine, uninflected, natural, analytic, echt, isolating(a)

5. synthetic, syntheticaladjective

   of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

   "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

   Synonyms:
   synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, celluloid

   Antonyms:
   isolating(a), uninflected, echt, natural, analytic, analytical, genuine

6. celluloid, syntheticadjective

   artificial as if portrayed in a film

   "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

   Synonyms:
   synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, celluloid

   Antonyms:
   analytical, isolating(a), natural, analytic, echt, genuine, uninflected

7. syntheticadjective

   not genuine or natural

   "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will

   Synonyms:
   synthetical, man-made, semisynthetic, celluloid

   Antonyms:
   echt, uninflected, genuine, analytical, natural, isolating(a), analytic

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1. List of paraphrases for "synthetic":

   synthesis, skinjobs, artificial, man-made, summary, consolidated, synthesised, synthesizing, wrap-up, composite, designer, synthesized

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1. United States:

   However, rising deaths from synthetic opioids -- as well as from cocaine and methamphetamine -- represent the next disturbing wave of the nation's ongoing substance use challenge.

2. Mathew Kiang:

   One thing I do want to highlight is that, despite the large differences in deaths across states, there's no evidence to suggest that there's differences in use, what we think is happening is that the heroin just continues to get more and more potent in the eastern United States, whereas heroin [ in ] the western United States has traditionally been this brown tar heroin. It's much harder to lace with fentanyl or other synthetic opioids.

3. Lindsay LaSalle:

   Synthetic opioids are significantly easier to manufacture. They're manufactured in a lab, as opposed to fields of poppies that have to be cared for and cultivated and farmed.

4. David Burnett:

   We found out the day that he passed away that he had experimented with it just a handful of times, what killed Chase was the synthetic cannabinoid poisoning, the marijuana. The chemicals that were sprayed onto the leaves shut his lungs down. He suffered a violent death. He asphyxiated and suffocated, and he obviously became unconscious... and I found him in the hot tub.

5. Daniel Gibson:

   Our long-term vision has been to design and build synthetic organisms on demand where you can add in specific functions and predict what the outcome is going to be, i think it's the start of a new era.