- adj. concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents (view details)
- adj. occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase (view details)
- adj. (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
Usage Example(s): descriptive linguistics, synchronic linguistics
Synonym(s): descriptive ( what does descriptive stand for? )
Opposite(s): diachronic ( what does diachronic stand for? ), historical ( what does historical stand for? )
Worth Checking: synchronal ( what does synchronal stand for? ), synchronic ( what does synchronic stand for? ), synchronous ( what does synchronous stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Usage Example(s): a synchronous set of clocks, recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour.A.M.A., synchronous oscillations, the synchronous action of a bird’’s wings in flight
Synonym(s): synchronal, synchronous
Opposite(s): asynchronous ( what does asynchronous stand for? )
Similar(s): coetaneous ( what does coetaneous stand for? ), coeval ( what does coeval stand for? ), coexistent ( what does coexistent stand for? ), coexisting ( what does coexisting stand for? ), coincident ( what does coincident stand for? ), coincidental ( what does coincidental stand for? ), coinciding ( what does coinciding stand for? ), concurrent ( what does concurrent stand for? ), contemporaneous ( what does contemporaneous stand for? ), contemporary ( what does contemporary stand for? ), cooccurring ( what does cooccurring stand for? ), parallel ( what does parallel stand for? ), simultaneous ( what does simultaneous stand for? ), synchronic, synchronised ( what does synchronised stand for? ), synchronized ( what does synchronized stand for? )
Worth Checking: descriptive, synchronic
Meaning 3: (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
Similar(s): synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
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