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Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2014
Feb. 17, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Senior unsecured revolving credit facility entered date Feb. 17, 2012        
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity         $ 350,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Senior unsecured term loan facility, face amount         150,000,000.0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Payment schedule for term loan Principal payments on a portion of the Term Loan are due in equal quarterly installments of $7.5 million, with the remainder due when the Credit Agreement expires in October 2016.        
Senior unsecured term loan facility additional borrowings 150,000,000.0snps_AdditionalAmountCreditAgreementThatCanBeIncreased        
Debt instrument quarterly principal payment 7,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal        
Proceeds from credit facility 250,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit      
Principal payments made during period 22,723,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt 7,748,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt      
Senior unsecured term loan facility 67,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount     75,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount  
Senior unsecured term loan facility long term 37,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent     45,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent [1]  
Revolver          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Proceeds from credit facility     250,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
   
Principal payments made during period 15,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
       
Amount outstanding 235,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
    0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
 
Borrowings, interest rate 0.975%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
       
Revolver | Minimum          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Commitment fees percentage 0.15%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
       
Revolver | Maximum          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Commitment fees percentage 0.30%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
       
Term Loan          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Principal payments made during period $ 7,500,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= snps_TermLoanMember
       
Borrowings, interest rate 1.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= snps_TermLoanMember
       
[1] Derived from audited financial statements.