Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.
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Scientific
//ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk//
Synonyms for "scientific" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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11 entriesderived
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
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3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shkencor adj (of or having to do with science)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْمِيّ adj (of or having to do with science)
Armenian
1 entries- գիտական adj (of or having to do with science)
Asturian
1 entries- científicu adj (of or having to do with science)
Avar
1 entries- гӏелмийаб adj (of or having to do with science)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- elmi adj (of or having to do with science)
Basque
1 entries- zientifiko adj (of or having to do with science)
Belarusian
1 entries- навуко́вы adj (of or having to do with science)
Bengali
1 entries- বৈজ্ঞানিক adj (of or having to do with science)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нау́чен adj (of or having to do with science)
Catalan
1 entries- científic adj (of or having to do with science)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 科學的 /科学的 adj (of or having to do with science)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ilmiy adj (of or having to do with science)
Czech
1 entries- vědecký adj (of or having to do with science)
Danish
1 entries- videnskabelig adj (of or having to do with science)
Dari
1 entries- عِلْمِی adj (of or having to do with science)
Dutch
1 entries- wetenschappelijk adj (of or having to do with science)
Esperanto
1 entries- scienca adj (of or having to do with science)
Estonian
1 entries- teaduslik adj (of or having to do with science)
Finnish
1 entries- tieteellinen adj (of or having to do with science)
French
1 entries- scientifique adj (of or having to do with science)
Galician
1 entries- científico adj (of or having to do with science)
Georgian
2 entries- მეცნიერული adj (of or having to do with science)
- სამეცნიერო adj (of or having to do with science)
German
1 entries- wissenschaftlich adj (of or having to do with science)
Greek
1 entries- επιστημονικός adj (of or having to do with science)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- syantifik adj (of or having to do with science)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַדָּעִי adj (of or having to do with science)
Hindi
2 entries- इल्मी adj (of or having to do with science)
- वैज्ञानिक adj (of or having to do with science)
Hungarian
1 entries- tudományos adj (of or having to do with science)
Ido
1 entries- ciencala adj (of or having to do with science)
Indonesian
1 entries- ilmiah adj (of or having to do with science)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- عِلْمی adj (of or having to do with science)
Italian
1 entries- scientifico adj (of or having to do with science)
Japanese
1 entries- 科学的 adj (of or having to do with science)
Kazakh
2 entries- ғылымдық adj (of or having to do with science)
- ғылыми adj (of or having to do with science)
Korean
1 entries- 과학적 adj (of or having to do with science)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- илимий adj (of or having to do with science)
Ladino
1 entries- sientifiko adj (of or having to do with science)
Lao
1 entries- ວິທະຍາສາດ adj (of or having to do with science)
Latvian
1 entries- zinātnisks adj (of or having to do with science)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mokslinis adj (of or having to do with science)
Low German
1 entries- wetenschaplik adj (of or having to do with science)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wědomnostny adj (of or having to do with science)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- wëssenschaftlech adj (of or having to do with science)
Macedonian
1 entries- научен adj (of or having to do with science)
Malay
1 entries- saintifik adj (of or having to do with science)
Maltese
1 entries- xjentifiku adj (of or having to do with science)
Manx
2 entries- oaylleeagh adj (of or having to do with science)
- skeeandagh adj (of or having to do with science)
Mongolian
1 entries- шинжлэх ухааны adj (of or having to do with science)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- ilmî adj (of or having to do with science)
- zanistî adj (of or having to do with science)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vitenskapelig adj (of or having to do with science)
Pashto
1 entries- علمي adj (of or having to do with science)
Polish
1 entries- naukowy adj (of or having to do with science)
Portuguese
1 entries- científico adj (of or having to do with science)
Romanian
1 entries- științific adj (of or having to do with science)
Russian
1 entries- нау́чный adj (of or having to do with science)
Scots
1 entries- scienteefic adj (of or having to do with science)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- náučan adj (of or having to do with science)
- znànstven adj (of or having to do with science)
- зна̀нствен adj (of or having to do with science)
- на́учан adj (of or having to do with science)
Sicilian
1 entries- scintìficu adj (of or having to do with science)
Slovak
1 entries- vedecký adj (of or having to do with science)
Slovene
1 entries- znánstven adj (of or having to do with science)
Spanish
1 entries- científico adj (of or having to do with science)
Swedish
1 entries- vetenskaplig adj (of or having to do with science)
Tagalog
1 entries- siyentipiko adj (of or having to do with science)
Tajik
1 entries- илмӣ adj (of or having to do with science)
Thai
1 entries- วิทยาศาสตร์ adj (of or having to do with science)
Turkish
1 entries- bilimsel adj (of or having to do with science)
Turkmen
1 entries- ylmy adj (of or having to do with science)
Ukrainian
1 entries- науко́вий adj (of or having to do with science)
Urdu
2 entries- سائِنْسی adj (of or having to do with science)
- عِلْمی adj (of or having to do with science)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىلمىي adj (of or having to do with science)
Uzbek
1 entries- ilmiy adj (of or having to do with science)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khoa học adj (of or having to do with science)
Volapük
1 entries- nolavik adj (of or having to do with science)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wittenskiplik adj (of or having to do with science)
Yiddish
1 entries- וויסנשאַפֿטלעך adj (of or having to do with science)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost luggage.
Source: tatoeba (2272)
Scientific knowledge has greatly advanced since the 16th century.
Source: tatoeba (23963)
With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good.
Source: tatoeba (23964)
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