synergy (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *synergy*:
NOUN	process	synergy, synergism	the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects

synergy > pronunciation
Sounds	sih'nerjhiy
Rhymes	Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy...

English > *synergy*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects.
Synonym	synergism
Narrower	potentiation	(medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
Broader	natural process, natural action, action, activity	A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Spanish	sinergia, sinergía, sinergismo
Catalan	sinergia
Adjectives	synergetic	working together

HyperDic: synergy