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The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions,

Additional info about word: SYNTHESIS

The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis. (more info) 1. Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SYNTHESIS)

• Combination
• Union
• association
• consortment
• concert
• confederacy
• alliance
• league
• coalition
• cabal
• synthesis
• co-operation

Related words: (words related to SYNTHESIS)

• ASSOCIATION
  1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
• ASSOCIATIONIST
  One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
• CONFEDERACY
  A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy. Syn. -- League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation. (more info) 1. A league or compact between
• UNIONISTIC
  Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
• COALITIONIST
  One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.
• CABALISM
  1. The secret science of the cabalists. 2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. Emerson.
• COMBINATION
  The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. Making
• CONCERTMEISTER
  The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
• LEAGUE
  lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg. legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir.leige ; also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech, -- such stones having perh.
• CONCERTATIVE
  Contentious; quarrelsome. Bailey.
• ASSOCIATIONISM
  The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
• SYNTHESIS
  The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions,
• CABALLERIA
  An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern
• CABALA
  1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediæval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumed that every letter, word, number,
• CONCERTION
  Act of concerting; adjustment. Young.
• CABALIST
  One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. "Studious cabalists." Swift.
• CABALISTIC; CABALISTICAL
  Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.
• ALLIANCE
  1. The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances;
• CABALLERO
  A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
• CONCERTATION
  Strife; contention. Bailey.
• DALLIANCE
  1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination.
• INTERCOMMUNION
  Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
• REALLIANCE
  A renewed alliance.
• REUNION
  1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects. 2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a
• BELEAGUERER
  One who beleaguers.
• NONUNIONIST
  One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.
• PRECONCERTED
  Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.
• EXCOMMUNION
  . A shutting out from communion; excommunication. Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.
• COLLEAGUE
  A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures. Syn. -- Helper; assistant; coadjutor; ally; associate; companion; confederate. (more info) time with another, a
• INLEAGUER
  To beleaguer. Holland.
• DISCONCERT
  1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. 2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted
• NONUNION
  1. Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunoin carpenter. 2. Not recognizing or favoring trades unions or trades-unionists; as, a nonunion contractor. --Non*un"ion*ism , n.