usage: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch
2. synthetic (vs. analytic), synthetical, a posteriori, inductive, logical
usage: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"