Meanings
- not comparablehuman sciencesRelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
The three texts that contain a more modern selection of lexis, Sengupta, Nihalani et al, and Mahal, being entirely synchronic, also suffer from a lack of historical perspective.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300Antonyms: diachronic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring at a specific point in time.
adjectiveRelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoccurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
adjectiveconcerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
adjective(of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan sincrònic
- sincrònicrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Chinese Mandarin 共時的 /共时的
- 共時的 /共时的 (gòngshí de)relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Czech synchronní
- synchronnírelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Danish synkron
- synkronrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Esperanto sinkrona
- sinkronarelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Estonian sünkrooniline
- sünkroonilinerelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Finnish synkroninen
- synkroninenrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
French synchronique
- synchroniquerelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
German synchron
- synchronrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Hungarian szinkrón
- szinkrónrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Indonesian sinkron
- sinkronrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Italian sincrono
- sincronorelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Japanese 共時的
- 共時的 (kyōjiteki)relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Norwegian Bokmål synkron
- synkronrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Polish synchroniczny
- synchronicznyrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Portuguese síncrono
- síncronorelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Slovak synchrónny
- synchrónnyrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Spanish síncrono
- síncronorelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Swedish synkronisk, synkron
- synkroniskrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
- synkronrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Turkish senkronik
- senkronikrelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Ukrainian синхронний
- синхронний (synxronnyj)relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Vietnamese đồng đại
- đồng đạirelating to the study of a language at only one point in its history
Cite this entry
synchronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchronic
“synchronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchronic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synchronic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchronic.
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