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synergistic

synergistic

5 6.7
Working together to produce a greater result than alone
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɪnərˈdʒɪstɪk/
translation icon : sinérgico
  • Incorporating group sessions with individual use of CACGS can have the synergistic effect of making each stronger.
  • synergistic effect
  • synergistic relationship
  • synergistic interaction

And it seems like a nice synergistic way to kind of broach these topics.

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Examples

  • In other words, twenty-first century schools will develop the ability to cultivate synergistic creativity through learning networks.

    Academic text (2008)
  • However, the synergistic effect of PGPR isolates and kinetin was significantly better.

    Academic text (2013)
  • "But I think it was a really nice synergistic relationship between the community and me."

    Blog text (1)
  • In other words, our individual futures that we hope for are synergistic with each other.

  • When put together, there are important synergistic interactions, improving system performance as a whole.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Policies that take seriously the synergistic impact of social determinants of health would enhance the likely success of health reform.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The journey to natural capitalism involves four strongly intertwined and synergistic shifts in business practices.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Our decision was based on studies showing that these two agents had a beneficial synergistic effect in animals with experimental pulmonary aspergillosis.

    Academic text (2008)
  • To apply the model differentially according to smoking status, the BEIR VI committee identified a synergistic relationship between radon and smoking.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The new software and hardware will work in a synergistic way to enhance overall performance.

Synonyms

synergic
vssynergistic
7.2

Two or more things that work together to make a result stronger than they do alone

is broader, covering both the joint activity and the resulting greater effect
synergetic
vssynergistic
7.2

Groups that work together to produce a better result than alone

is used more generally for people or things beyond just groups or organizations

Antonyms

56 3.8

Far from other places or people and hard to reach

Preferring to act or think independently and be different

antagonistic
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Working against another thing so they reduce each other's effect

How Synergistic

synergistic
5 6.7
collaborative
49 4.5
cooperative
119 3.5
complementary
30 4.1

Surface Forms

synergistic positive

Morphology

synergistic = synergy (transparent) = synerg + istic

The adjective 'synergistic' is transparently derived from 'synergy' using the suffix '-istic', indicating a characteristic of synergy.

Etymology

Synergistic comes from the Greek parts syn- 'together' and ergon 'work', the same root you see in energy. So something synergistic means parts or people working together to make a bigger result than they could alone.