syntonic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sin ton′ik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
syn•ton•ic  (sin ton′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Electricity, Physicsadjusted to oscillations of the same or a particular frequency.
  2. Psychiatryof or denoting a personality characterized by normal emotional responsiveness to the environment.
Also, syn•ton′i•cal, syntonous. 
  • Greek sýnton(os) attuned to, literally, stretched together (verbid of synteínein to harmonize, equivalent. to syn- syn- + ton- (derivative of teínein to stretch; see tone) + -os adjective, adjectival suffix) + -ic
  • 1890–95
syn•ton′i•cal•ly, adv. 

'syntonic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ego-dystonic - ego-syntonic - syntonize - syntonous - syntony

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