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synchronize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SYNCHRONIZE

to occur or exist at the same time <the subtitles must synchronize with the movie's spoken dialogue>

Synonyms accompany, attend, coexist, concur, co-occur, synchronize

Related Words chance, hap, happen, transpire

Near Antonyms antedate, precede, predate; follow, succeed

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