synthetic substance

1. 1.

   a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

   Synonymssynthetic

   Broadercompound

   NarrowerPlasticinephosphorrubber

Questions about synthetic substance

What does synthetic substance mean?

synthetic substance means "a compound made artificially by chemical reactions".

What is another word for synthetic substance?

Close synonyms include synthetic. 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 synthetic substance a common word?

synthetic substance 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.