Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Operating in unison; occurring or existing at the same time or rate: Describes actions, movements, or processes that are coordinated to happen together in perfect timing.
   • Made to agree in time or rate; caused to match in timing: Describes things that have been adjusted so their actions or functions coincide.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The swimmers performed a perfectly synchronized routine. (The swimmers' movements were coordinated to happen at the same time.)
  • The traffic lights are synchronized to improve the flow of cars. (The traffic lights have been adjusted to change at coordinated times.)
  • We watched the synchronized movement of the flock of birds. (We watched the birds moving together in unison.)

Advanced Usage

• "tightly synchronized": Very precisely coordinated in time.
  • The dancers' steps were tightly synchronized with the music.
• "electronically synchronized": Coordinated by electronic signals or systems.
  • The cameras use an electronically synchronized shutter.

Variants and Related Words

• Synchronize (verb): To cause to occur or operate at the same time or rate.
  • Please synchronize your watches.
• Synchronization (noun): The process or result of synchronizing.
  • The synchronization of the data took several minutes.
• Synchrony (noun): Simultaneous action, occurrence, or development.
  • There is a natural synchrony between the tides and the moon.

Synonyms

• Coordinated: Organized to function together in harmony.
• Simultaneous: Happening, existing, or done at the same time.
• Concurrent: Existing, happening, or done at the same time.

Related Phrases

• In sync: An informal phrase meaning synchronized or in harmony.
  • The team's efforts were completely in sync.
• Out of sync: Not synchronized; not in harmony or agreement.
  • The audio was out of sync with the video.

Adjective

1. operating in unison
   • the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings