synergy

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

   Synonymssynergism

   Broadernatural process

   Narrowerpotentiation

Other forms of synergy

plural

synergies·

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 synergy

What does synergy mean?

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

How many syllables are in synergy?

synergy has 3 syllables: syn-er-gy. The stress falls on "syn". In IPA it is /ˈsɪnɚdʒi/.

What is another word for synergy?

Close synonyms include synergism. 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 synergy a common word?

synergy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.