SYNCHRONIC as ADJECTIVE

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