Artificial (adjective)
Man-made; of artifice.
“The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.”
Artificial (adjective)
False, misleading.
“Her manner was somewhat artificial.”
Artificial (adjective)
Unnatural.
Synthetic (adjective)
of, or relating to synthesis
Synthetic (adjective)
produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained)
Synthetic (adjective)
artificial, not genuine
Synthetic (adjective)
pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic)
Synthetic (adjective)
of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic)
Synthetic (noun)
a synthetic compound
Artificial (adjective)
made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural
“an artificial limb”
“artificial flowers”
“her skin glowed in the artificial light”
Artificial (adjective)
(of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false
“the artificial division of people into age groups”
Artificial (adjective)
(of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected
“she gave an artificial smile”
Artificial (adjective)
(of a bid) conventional as opposed to natural
“the Italian team began with an artificial club”
Synthetic (adjective)
(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product
“synthetic rubber”
Synthetic (adjective)
(of an emotion or action) not genuine; insincere
“their tears are a bit synthetic”
Synthetic (adjective)
(of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.
Synthetic (adjective)
(of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure.
Synthetic (noun)
a synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.