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Adjective natural has 10 senses
- natural - in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"
Antonyms: unnatural, eerie, eery, spooky, uncanny, unco, violent
- natural - existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"
Antonyms: artificial, unreal, arranged, staged, bionic, bleached, colored, coloured, dyed, celluloid, conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised, dummy, ersatz, substitute, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated, man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic, near, painted, cardboard, unlifelike
- natural - existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"
Antonyms: supernatural, apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual, eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly, elfin, fey, charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly, marvelous, marvellous, miraculous, metaphysical, necromantic, nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental, talismanic, transmundane, witchlike
- natural - functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"
Antonym: abnormal (indirect, via normal)
- natural - of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural"
Antonyms: sharp, flat
- natural, instinctive - unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
Antonym: induced (indirect, via spontaneous)
- natural, raw, rude - (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"
Antonym: processed (indirect, via unprocessed)
- natural - related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"
Antonym: adoptive (indirect, via biological)
- natural, born, innate - being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent"
Antonyms: unintelligent, stupid (indirect, via intelligent)
- lifelike, natural - unaffected and natural looking; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"
Antonyms: affected, unnatural (indirect, via unaffected)
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