synchronize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: syn=chro=nize

CIDE DICTIONARY

synchronize, v. i. [Gr. .].

 To agree in time; to be simultaneous.  [1913 Webster]
"The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity."  [1913 Webster]

synchronize, v. t. 

•  To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.  W. L. Bevan.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

synchronize, v. (also -ise)
1 intr. (often foll. by with) occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
2 tr. cause to occur at the same time.
3 tr. carry out the synchronism of (a film).
4 tr. ascertain or set forth the correspondence in the date of (events).
5 a tr. cause (clocks etc.) to show a standard or uniform time. b intr. (of clocks etc.) be synchronized.

Idiom

synchronized swimming a form of swimming in which participants make coordinated leg and arm movements in time to music.

Derivative

synchronization n. synchronizer n.

THESAURUS

synchronize

accommodate, accompany, accord, adapt, adjust, adjust to, agree, assimilate, associate, assonate, atone, attune, be harmonious, be in cahoots, be in phase, be in time, be in tune, blend, chart, chime, chord, coact, coadunate, codify, coexist, coextend, coincide, collaborate, collude, combine, concur, conjoin, connive, conspire, contemporize, cooperate, coordinate, correspond, cut to, equalize, fit, fix, gear to, happen together, harmonize, homologate, homologize, isochronize, join, keep in step, keep pace with, key to, make plumb, make uniform, match, measure, melodize, methodize, musicalize, normalize, organize, plan, proportion, put in tune, rationalize, reconcile, rectify, regularize, regulate, right, routinize, set, set right, settle, similarize, sound in tune, sound together, standardize, symphonize, sync, synergize, systematize, tailor, time, trim to, true, true up, tune, tune up, unite

ROGET THESAURUS

synchronize

Accompaniment

VB accompany, coexist, attend, hang on, wait on, go hand in hand with, synchronize, bear company, keep company, row in the same boat, bring in its train, associate with, couple with.

Synchronism

VB coexist, concur, accompany, go hand in hand, keep pace with, synchronize.