Meanings
- not comparableNot synchronous; occurring at different times.
These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.
2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215 - not comparablecomputingAllowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
- not comparablecommunicationHaving many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
Near-synonym: in parallel
Synonyms: in parallel
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
adjectivenot synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Englisha-
- Englishsynchronous
- Englishasynchronous
From a- + synchronous.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَا مُتَزَامِن, لَا مُتَزَامِنَة
- لَا مُتَزَامِن (lā mutazāmin)not synchronous
- لَا مُتَزَامِنَة (lā mutazāmina)not synchronous
Catalan asíncron
- asíncronnot synchronous
Chinese Mandarin 异步
- 异步 (yìbù)(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Czech asynchronní
- asynchronnínot synchronous
Danish asynkron
- asynkronnot synchronous
Dutch asynchroon, asynchroon
- asynchroonnot synchronous
- asynchroon(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Esperanto nesinkrona
- nesinkrona(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Finnish asynkroninen, asynkroninen
- asynkroninennot synchronous
- asynkroninen(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
French asynchrone, asynchrone
- asynchronenot synchronous
- asynchrone(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Hungarian aszinkron
- aszinkronnot synchronous
Icelandic ósamstilltur, ósamstilltur
- ósamstillturnot synchronous
- ósamstilltur(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Indonesian asinkron, asinkronus
- asinkronnot synchronous
- asinkronusnot synchronous
Italian asincrono, asincrono
- asincrononot synchronous
- asincrono(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Japanese 非同期
- 非同期 (hidōki)(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Norwegian Bokmål asynkron
- asynkronnot synchronous
Polish asynchroniczny
- asynchronicznynot synchronous
Portuguese assíncrono
- assíncrononot synchronous
Romanian asincron
- asincronnot synchronous
Russian асинхро́нный, несинхро́нный
- асинхро́нный (asinxrónnyj)not synchronous
- несинхро́нный (nesinxrónnyj)not synchronous
- несинхронизи́рованный (nesinxronizírovannyj)not synchronous
Spanish asíncrono, asincrónico
- asíncrononot synchronous
- asincróniconot synchronous
- asíncrono(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
- asincrónico(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message
Swedish asynkron
- asynkronnot synchronous
Cite this entry
asynchronous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asynchronous
“asynchronous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asynchronous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asynchronous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asynchronous.
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