The invention discloses a synthetic method of malononitrile. Cyanoacetamide reacts with triphosgene in the presence of a catalyst to synthesize malononitrile, wherein the catalyst is any one substance or a mixture of multiple substances selected from N,N-dimethyl formamide, sodium chloride, pyridine and triethylamine. The method provided by the invention employs the triphosgene as a dehydrating agent, and the triphosgene is low in cost, available and high in stability, and facilitates storage and transportation; the reaction products of the cyanoacetamide and the triphosgene only include carbon dioxide and hydrogen chloride gases except for the malononitrile, without solid waste, and therefore, after the reaction is completed, the steps of removing the solid waste by means of filtering, centrifuging and the like are not needed; the reaction mixture is directly subjected to reduced pressure distillation after the solvent is recovered so that the malononitrile having the purity of higher than 98% can be obtained; and the posttreatment is simple.