ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsynchronous
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synchronous
Meaning: occurring or operating at the same time
synchronous in a sentence
How synchronous is used in real sentences:
The dancers maintained synchronous movements throughout the difficult routine.
The cameras made synchronous recordings from opposite sides of the stadium.
“A breakthrough came when two laboratories performed synchronous scans on the same morning and exchanged raw data before either group interpreted it.”
— from the passage The Bone That Would Not Settle
Synonyms for synchronous
Other words for synchronous — simultaneous, concurrent and coincident — carry the same meaning.
- simultaneous
- concurrent
- coincident
Antonyms of synchronous
Words that mean the opposite of synchronous:
- asynchronous
- sequential
- staggered
Where it comes from
From Greek syn, meaning 'together,' and chronos, meaning 'time.'
Memory hook
SYN means together and CHRON means time: synchronous events happen together in time.
Practice synchronous in the app