synth

/sɪnθ/

Etymology

Clipping of synthesizer.

noun

  1. A musical synthesizer.
  2. A synthetic humanoid, an android, a robot, a clone
  3. A fictional reptilian android species.

verb

  1. To play on a musical synthesizer.“Les Miserables couldn't tour the road circuit affordably today if Seann Alderking hadn't reduced its pit-people requirements by masterfully synthing large portions of its sound, and with a range of sonic effects that makes Svengali sound like something played on a nursery xylophone.”
  2. Synonym of synthesize.