SYNTHETIC Synonyms

• contrived by art rather than nature

• artificially formal

• not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

• not genuine; imitating something superior

• a copy that is represented as the original

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

• not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

• in a disloyal and faithless manner

• arising from error

• erroneous and usually accidental

• deliberately deceptive

• inappropriate to reality or facts

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• designed to deceive

• inaccurate in pitch

• adopted in order to deceive

• (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

• something copied or derived from an original

• copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

• a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• produced in a large-scale industrial operation

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character

• involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis

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

• highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics

• a medium that disseminates moving pictures

• artificial as if portrayed in a film

• not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

• a compound made artificially by chemical reactions