synthetic
adjective
1. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
- synthetic leather
Similar word(s): artificial, unreal, semisynthetic
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
Similar word(s): synthetical
3. systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
Similar word(s): agglutinative, polysynthetic
4. of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
- `all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
Similar word(s): inductive, logical, synthetical
5. artificial as if portrayed in a film
Similar word(s): artificial, unreal, celluloid
6. not genuine or natural
- counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic
Similar word(s): counterfeit, imitative