Meanings
present singular third person synchronizes · participle present synchronizing · participle past synchronized · past synchronized · alternative synchronise
- To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSintransitiveTo agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
Gay men often have interests and concerns that don't synchronize with the issues considered top priorities by lesbians.
1986, Max C. Smith, “By the Year 2000”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 224 - BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo coordinate or combine.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
verbmake synchronous and adjust in time or manner
verbmake (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
verbarrange or represent events so that they co-occur
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*ksún
- Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
- Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
- Ancient Greekσυγ- (sug-)
- Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
- Ancient Greekσῠ́γχρονος (sŭ́nkhronos)
- Ancient Greekσυγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō)
- Englishsynchronize
From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic زَامَنَ
- زَامَنَ (zāmana)cause two events to have coordinated timing
Catalan sincronitzar
- sincronitzarcause two events to have coordinated timing
Chinese Mandarin 同步, 同步化
- 同步 (tóngbù)cause two events to have coordinated timing
- 同步化 (tóngbùhuà)cause two events to have coordinated timing
Czech synchronizovat
- synchronizovatcause two events to have coordinated timing
Danish synkronisere
- synkroniserecause two events to have coordinated timing
Dutch synchroniseren
- synchroniserencause two events to have coordinated timing
Esperanto sinkronigi
- sinkronigicause two events to have coordinated timing
Finnish synkronoida, tahdistaa
- synkronoidacause two events to have coordinated timing
- tahdistaacause two events to have coordinated timing
French synchroniser
- synchronisercause two events to have coordinated timing
German synchronisieren
- synchronisierencause two events to have coordinated timing
Greek συγχρονίζω
- συγχρονίζω (synchronízo)cause two events to have coordinated timing
Hungarian szinkronizál, összehangol
- szinkronizálcause two events to have coordinated timing
- összehangolcause two events to have coordinated timing
- összeigazítcause two events to have coordinated timing
Icelandic samstilla
- samstillacause two events to have coordinated timing
Indonesian menyinkronkan
- menyinkronkancause two events to have coordinated timing
Italian sincronizzare
- sincronizzarecause two events to have coordinated timing
Japanese 同調する, 同期する
- 同調する (dōchō suru)cause two events to have coordinated timing
- 同期する (dōki suru)cause two events to have coordinated timing
- シンクロナイズさせる (shinkuronaizu saseru)cause two events to have coordinated timing
Māori whakatukutahi, whakatautokorua
- whakatukutahicause two events to have coordinated timing
- whakatautokoruacause two events to have coordinated timing
Norwegian synkronisere
- synkroniserecause two events to have coordinated timing
Polish synchronizować
- synchronizowaćcause two events to have coordinated timing
Portuguese sincronizar
- sincronizarcause two events to have coordinated timing
Romanian sincroniza
- sincronizacause two events to have coordinated timing
Russian синхронизирова́ть
- синхронизирова́ть (sinxronizirovátʹ)cause two events to have coordinated timing
Spanish sincronizar, poner en hora
- sincronizarcause two events to have coordinated timing
- poner en horacause two events to have coordinated timing
Swedish synkronisera
- synkroniseracause two events to have coordinated timing
Tagalog ipagsabay-sabay
- ipagsabay-sabaycause two events to have coordinated timing
Turkish senkronize etmek
- senkronize etmekcause two events to have coordinated timing
Ukrainian синхронізува́ти
- синхронізува́ти (synxronizuváty)cause two events to have coordinated timing
Cite this entry
synchronize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchronize
“synchronize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchronize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synchronize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchronize.
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