Meaning & use
synthesis
The combination of separate ideas, elements, or substances to form a new, unified whole.
See it in a sentence
Her essay offered a clear synthesis of three different theories about climate change.
Chemists achieved the synthesis of the compound after months of careful experimentation.
A note on using this word
Synthesis is the opposite of analysis, which breaks something down into parts rather than combining parts into a whole.
Words with a similar meaning
combinationfusion
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Words with an opposite meaning
analysisseparation
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