A compound made artificially by chemical reactions.

synonym: synthetic substance.

Dutch: kunststof
Polish: syntetyk

Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially:
— Synthetic leather.

synonyms: man-made, semisynthetic.

Roget 545: deceived etc. v.; deceiving &c.; cunning etc. 702; prestigious^†, prestigiatory^†; deceptive, deceptious^†; deceitful, covinous^†; delusive, delusory; illusive, illusory; elusive, insidious, ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].    untrue etc. 546; mock, sham, make-believe, counterfeit, snide [Slang], pseudo, spurious, supposititious, so-called, pretended, feigned, trumped up, bogus, scamped, fraudulent, tricky, factitious bastard; surreptitious, illegitimate, contraband, adulterated, sophisticated; unsound, rotten at the core; colorable; disguised; meretricious, tinsel, pinchbeck, plated; catchpenny; Brummagem.    artificial, synthetic, ersatz [G.]; simulated etc. 544.    ... show more

Polish: sztuczny

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.

synonym: synthetical.

Polish: syntetyczny

Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words.

Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts:
— `all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition.

synonym: synthetical.

Artificial as if portrayed in a film.

synonym: celluloid.

Not genuine or natural.