SYNTHETICS Synonyms

• contrived by art rather than nature

• artificially formal

• not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

• an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation

• artificial and inferior

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• 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

• 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

• systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

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

• a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

• not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

• artificial as if portrayed in a film

• not genuine or natural

• 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