Synth

//sɪnθ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A musical synthesizer. slang
  2. 2
    A synthetic humanoid, an android, a robot, a clone
  3. 3
    A fictional reptilian android species. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To play on a musical synthesizer. slang

    "Les Miserables couldn't tour the road circuit affordably today if Seann Alderking hadn't reduced its pit-people requirements by masterfully synthing large portions of its sound, and with a range of sonic effects that makes Svengali sound like something played on a nursery xylophone."

  2. 2
    Synonym of synthesize.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of synthetic. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
synthesize

Example

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"Les Miserables couldn't tour the road circuit affordably today if Seann Alderking hadn't reduced its pit-people requirements by masterfully synthing large portions of its sound, and with a range of sonic effects that makes Svengali sound like something played on a nursery xylophone."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of synthesizer.

Etymology 2

Clipping of synthetic.

Etymology 3

Clipping of synthesize.

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