naturalistic

nat·u·ral·is·tic

adj \ˌna-chə-rə-ˈlis-tik, ˌnach-rə-\

Definition of NATURALISTIC

: of, characterized by, or according with naturalism

— nat·u·ral·is·ti·cal·ly \ˌna-chə-rə-ˈlis-ti-k(ə-)lē, ˌnach-rə-\ adverb

Variants of NATURALISTIC

nat·u·ral·is·tic also nat·u·ral·ist \ˈna-chə-rə-list, ˈnach-rə-\

Examples of NATURALISTIC

1. The zoo strives to create naturalistic settings for the animals.
2. <the movie's volcanic eruption is so naturalistic that it's easy to forget that it all came out of a computer>

First Known Use of NATURALISTIC

1838

Related to NATURALISTIC

Synonyms: lifelike, living, natural (also naturalist), near, photo-realistic, realistic, three-dimensional

Antonyms: nonnatural, nonrealistic, unnatural, unrealistic

Related Words: alike, like, matching, similar, verisimilar; akin, analogous, approximate, comparable, resembling; accurate, close, faithful, true; compelling, convincing; expressive, graphic (also graphical), gritty, vivid

Near Antonyms: dissimilar, off, unalike, unlike; incomparable, unmatched; contrasted, contrasting, different, disparate; fake, mock, phony (also phoney), sham

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Rhymes with NATURALISTIC

anachronistic, antagonistic, behavioristic, cannibalistic, characteristic, collectivistic, deterministic, expressionistic, extralinguistic, impressionistic, militaristic, metalinguistic, monopolistic, monotheistic, neologistic, opportunistic, paternalistic, polytheistic, propagandistic, psycholinguistic, reductionistic, relativistic, somnambulistic