natural
natural
adjectiveDefinition of NATURAL
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being such from birth or by nature <from his first visits to the wading pool, we could tell that our little boy loved water and was a natural swimmer>
Synonyms born, congenital
Related Words chronic, confirmed, habitual, incorrigible, ingrained (also engrained), inveterate, proper, regular, unreconstructed, unregenerate; constitutional, consummate; elemental, elementary, essential; connate, hereditary, inborn, inherent, innate, intimate, intrinsic, native; instinctual, intuitive
Antonyms nonnatural
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closely resembling the object imitated <the diorama featuring stuffed birds and plastic plants actually looked very natural>
Synonyms lifelike, living, naturalistic (also naturalist), near, photo-realistic, realistic, three-dimensional
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
3
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage <an adult adoptee who has decided to search for his natural parents>
Related Words legitimate
Near Antonyms illegitimate
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being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing <her natural talent for music first became apparent when, unbidden, she started banging on a toy piano>
Synonyms built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), innate, integral, intrinsic, native, natural
Related Words basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental; congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior; internal; characteristic, distinctive, peculiar; habitual, inveterate; normal, regular, typical
Near Antonyms alien, foreign; accidental, coincidental, incidental; acquired, adscititious; superficial, surface; exterior, external
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being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining <natural salts are not edible until they are washed and processed>
Related Words undeveloped; rough-hewn, semifinished, unfinished, unpolished; uncooked; impure, unfiltered
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existing without human habitation or cultivation <photographs of animals in their natural habitat>
Related Words native; uninhabited, unpeopled, unsettled; overgrown, spontaneous, untended; waste; undeveloped; desolate, forlorn, howling
Antonyms cultivated, tamed
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free from any intent to deceive or impress others <she was completely natural in expressing her feelings for him, unafraid of how they would be received>
Synonyms artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or na{iuml}ve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
Related Words childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed; spontaneous, unforced, unstudied; candid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguarded; trustful, trusting; exploitable, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, unwary
Near Antonyms critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary; cosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise; civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined; crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-faced; arch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wily; flattering, mealymouthed, smooth, sycophantic, unctuous; feigned, forced, strained
Antonyms affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
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relating to or characteristic of human beings <it's only natural to make mistakes—it's part of being human>
Near Antonyms angelic (or angelical), divine, godlike, preternatural, superhuman, supernatural, supernormal; immortal, omnipotent, omniscient; animal, beastly, bestial, brute, infrahuman; inhuman, robotic, subhuman
Antonyms nonhuman
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born to a father and mother who are not married <had fathered an unknown number of natural children>
Antonyms legitimate
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having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature <his late grandfather was as kind and natural a man as one could ever hope to meet>
Synonyms big, chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, natural, sublime
Related Words ennobled, exalted, glorified; heroic (also heroical), honorable, valiant, venerable, worthy; knightly, princely, regal; inspiring, moving, numinous, uplifting; august, magnificent, majestic
Near Antonyms sordid, squalid, vile, wretched; abominable, contemptible, despicable, detestable, hateful, offensive, repulsive, ugly, vicious; dastardly, dirty, lousy, sorry; little, mean, narrow, small-minded; degrading, discreditable, humiliating, ignominious; coarse, crude, vulgar
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not civilized <a natural man, unacquainted with the blessings and burdens of society>
Synonyms barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, natural, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild
Near Antonyms cultured, enlightened, humane, sophisticated; genteel, polished, polite, refined, urbane, well-bred; semicivilized
Antonyms civilized
