synergism

1. 1.

   the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects

   Synonymssynergy

   Broadernatural process

   Narrowerpotentiation
2. 2.

   the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace

   Broadertheological doctrine

Other forms of synergism

plural

synergisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about synergism

What does synergism mean?

synergism means "the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in synergism?

synergism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈsɪnɚˌdʒɪzəm/.

What is another word for synergism?

Close synonyms include synergy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is synergism a common word?

synergism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.