Synonyms for synthetic
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Artificial — artificial, not genuine
artificial, man-made, fake, counterfeit, bogus, illegitimate, unreal, semisynthetic, ersatz, spurious, fictitious, sham, feigned
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Artificial, not genuine.
Related words
Example sentences
- fake Many consumer reviews of books on Amazon are fake.
- artificial You can drink the juice since it's not artificial.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| synthetic | falling | |
| fake | rising | |
| artificial | falling | |
| semisynthetic | falling | |
| synthetical | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fake1, sham1
- 5 letters
- bogus2
- 6 letters
- unreal2, ersatz2
- 7 letters
- feigned1
- 8 letters
- spurious3
- 10 letters
- artificial4, fictitious3
- 11 letters
- counterfeit3, synthetical
- 12 letters
- illegitimate5
- 13 letters
- semisynthetic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bogus2 = 2 syllables).