| Main Entry: | synthesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combining; combination |
Synonyms: |
amalgam, amalgamation, blend, building a whole, coalescence, composite, compound, constructing, construction, entirety, forming, fusion, integrating, integration, making one, organism, organization, structure, unification, union, unit, welding, whole |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
Antonyms: |
division, separation |
| Main Entry: | blend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mix |
Synonyms: |
alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, brew, combination, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, fusion, interfusion, intermixture, mixture, synthesis, union |
Antonyms: |
natural element, separation |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, blend |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, amalgam, amalgamation, blending, brew, coalescence, combo, composite, compound, connection, consolidation, everything but kitchen sink, fusion, junction, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mix, olio, order, sequence, solution, soup, stew, succession, synthesis, unification, union |
Antonyms: |
detachment, division, parting, separation |
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, aggregate |
Synonyms: |
association, compound, conglomerate, ecosystem, entanglement, group, network, organization, scheme, structure, syndrome, synthesis, system, totality |
| Notes: | something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated |
| Main Entry: | composite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
Synonyms: |
amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, complex, compost, compound, conglomerate, fusion, immixture, intermixture, medley, mix, olio, pasteup, stew, synthesis, union |
| Main Entry: | compound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
Synonyms: |
admixture, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compost, conglomerate, fusion, goulash, medley, mishmash, soup, stew, synthesis, union |
| Main Entry: | formation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composition, establishment |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, architecture, arrangement, compilation, configuration, constitution, construction, creation, crystallization, deposit, design, development, dispersal, disposition, embodiment, evolution, fabrication, figure, forming, generation, genesis, grouping, induction, makeup, manufacture, order, organization, pattern, production, rank, structure, synthesis |
| Main Entry: | fusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melding; mixture |
Synonyms: |
admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, blending, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, commingling, commixture, compound, federation, heating, immixture, integration, intermixture, junction, liquefaction, liquification, melting, merger, merging, smelting, soldering, synthesis, unification, union, uniting, welding |
Antonyms: |
disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | pastiche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work of art formed from disparate sources |
Synonyms: |
assortment, collage, collection, compilation, copy, hodgepodge, imitation, mishmosh, paste-up, patchwork, potpourri, reappropriation, reproduction, synthesis |
| Main Entry: | union |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merger, joining |
Synonyms: |
abutment, accord, agglutination, agreement, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, centralization, coadunation, combination, coming together, commixture, compound, concatenation, conciliation, concord, concurrence, confluence, congregation, conjunction, consolidation, correlation, coupling, fusion, harmony, hookup, incorporation, intercourse, joint, junction, juncture, meeting, melding, merging, mixture, seam, symbiosis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unanimity, unification, unison, uniting, unity |
Antonyms: |
division, divorce, separation |