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nature

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Synonyms and Antonyms of nature

1 the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others

it was the grotesque nature of his stories that made them a challenge to get published in mainstream magazines

her nature was such that lying was never an option for her

the stoic nature of that family enables them to endure one calamity after another

Synonyms of nature

character, clay, colors, complexion, constitution, genius, personality, self, tone

Words Related to nature

distinctiveness, distinctness, individuality, singularity, uniqueness

attribute, characteristic, earmark, essentiality, feature, flavor, hallmark, mark, point, property, savor (also savour), stamp, trait

disposition, grain, sort, temper, temperament

composition, makeup

essence, essentiality, interior, interiority, soul, spirit

metal, stuff, substance

2 that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation

needed to get out of the office and back to nature in order to clear his head

Synonyms of nature

open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors, wild, wilderness

Words Related to nature

backwoods, bush, country, frontier, hinterland, sticks, up-country

outside, without

badland, barren, desert, waste, wasteland

3 a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

group together anything round: buttons, lids, coins, and other things of that nature

Synonyms of nature

breed, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, order, sort, species, strain, stripe, type, variety

Words Related to nature

sample, specimen

bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite

4 oneʼs characteristic attitude or mood

a boy of a quiet and shy nature

Synonyms of nature

disposition, grain, temper, temperament

Words Related to nature

cheer, frame, habit, humor, inclination, mode, spirit

angle, attitude, mind-set, outlook, perspective, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

emotion, feeling, heart, passion, sentiment, spirit

belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, view

expression, tone, vein

character, identity, individuality, makeup, mettle, personality, selfhood, self-identity, setup

responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity

5 the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is

some artists maintain that color, light, and shadow are the very nature of painting

Synonyms of nature

being, essence, essentiality, quiddity, quintessence, soul, stuff, substance

Words Related to nature

alpha and omega, center, core, keynote, marrow, pith, seat

embodiment, epitome, incarnation, manifestation, personification

aspect, attribute, feature, property

gist, kernel, nub

Phrases Synonymous with nature

name of the game

6 the whole body of things observed or assumed

the belief that all of nature is controlled by an unseen Supreme Being

Synonyms of nature

cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world

Words Related to nature

existence, reality

Near Antonyms of nature

nothingness, void

Synonym Discussion of nature

type, kind, sort, nature, description, character mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities. type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group.

- one of three basic body types

kind may suggest natural grouping.

- a zoo seemingly having animals of every kind

sort often suggests some disparagement.

- the sort of newspaper dealing in sensational stories

nature may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious or superficial likenesses.

- two problems of a similar nature

description implies a group marked by agreement in all details belonging to a type as described or defined.

- not all acts of that description are actually illegal

character implies a group marked by distinctive likenesses peculiar to the type.

- research on the subject so far has been of an elementary character

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