- synthetic substance
- nouna compound made artificially by chemical reactions• Syn: ↑synthetic• Hypernyms: ↑compound, ↑chemical compound• Hyponyms: ↑Plasticine, ↑phosphor, ↑rubber, ↑synthetic rubber
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