natural

The word “natural” has 3 syllables: nat-u-ral

It's pronounced as /ˈnætʃərəl/


What is synonym and antonym for natural?

In the thesaurus, “natural” has 397 synonyms and 208 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for natural along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for natural

  • Neandertal
  • Neanderthal
  • accurate
  • accustomed
  • adopted
  • agrarian
  • agrestal
  • airhead
  • akin
  • alike
  • analogous
  • anthropoid
  • anticipated
  • approximate
  • artless
  • august
  • barbarian
  • barbaric
  • barbarous
  • baseborn
  • basic
  • beast
  • being oneself
  • big
  • biologic
  • biological
  • birdbrain
  • birth
  • blockhead
  • bonehead
  • booby
  • boor
  • born
  • bubblehead
  • buffoon
  • built-in
  • cad
  • candid
  • characteristic
  • childlike
  • chivalrous
  • chowderhead
  • chronic
  • chucklehead
  • churl
  • clodpole
  • clodpoll
  • close
  • clot
  • clown
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • coarse
  • common
  • commonplace
  • comparable
  • compelling
  • confirmed
  • congenital
  • connate
  • connatural
  • consanguineous
  • consistent
  • constant
  • constitutional
  • constitutive
  • consummate
  • convincing
  • counted on
  • creatural
  • credulous
  • creep
  • cretin
  • crude
  • cuddie
  • cuddy
  • cur
  • customary
  • deadhead
  • deep-rooted
  • desolate
  • dewy-eyed
  • dim bulb
  • dimwit
  • dip
  • direct
  • distinctive
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus
  • dope
  • dork
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumb cluck
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • earthborn
  • easy
  • elemental
  • elementary
  • elevated
  • engrained
  • ennobled
  • essential
  • exalted
  • exploitable
  • expressive
  • faithful
  • familiar
  • fathead
  • fatherless
  • featherbrain
  • folksy
  • fool
  • forlorn
  • forthright
  • frank
  • free
  • free-spoken
  • fundamental
  • gallant
  • gander
  • gawk
  • gee-whiz
  • general
  • genuine
  • glorified
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • goose
  • graphic
  • graphical
  • great
  • greathearted
  • gritty
  • guileless
  • gullable
  • gullible
  • habitual
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • hardwired
  • heathen
  • heathenish
  • heel
  • hereditary
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • high
  • high-minded
  • homey
  • hominid
  • honest
  • honorable
  • howling
  • human
  • humanlike
  • humanoid
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • ignorant
  • illegitimate
  • imbecile
  • immanent
  • impressionable
  • impulsive
  • impure
  • in the raw
  • in the rough
  • inartificial
  • inborn
  • inbred
  • incorrigible
  • indigenous
  • inexperienced
  • ingenerate
  • ingenuous
  • ingrain
  • ingrained
  • inherent
  • inherited
  • inmost
  • innate
  • inner
  • innocent
  • inspiring
  • instinctive
  • instinctual
  • integral
  • interior
  • internal
  • intimate
  • intrinsic
  • intuitive
  • inveterate
  • involuntary
  • jackass
  • jerk
  • knightly
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • laid-back
  • lamebrain
  • legitimate
  • lifelike
  • like
  • living
  • lofty
  • loggerhead
  • logical
  • looked-for
  • loon
  • loony
  • lordly
  • loser
  • lump
  • lunatic
  • lunkhead
  • madman
  • magnanimous
  • magnificent
  • majestic
  • malleable
  • matching
  • matter-of-course
  • meathead
  • misbegotten
  • mome
  • moron
  • mortal
  • motherless
  • moving
  • mug
  • mutt
  • naive
  • nameless
  • natal
  • native
  • naturalist
  • naturalistic
  • near
  • nimrod
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit
  • nitwit
  • noble
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • normal
  • numbskull
  • numinous
  • numskull
  • nut
  • oaf
  • on the level
  • open
  • openhearted
  • ordinary
  • orphaned
  • overgrown
  • peculiar
  • persuadable
  • persuasible
  • photo-realistic
  • pinhead
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • prat
  • prevailing
  • prevalent
  • primitive
  • princely
  • probable
  • proper
  • provincial
  • pure
  • ratbag
  • raw
  • real
  • realistic
  • reasonable
  • regal
  • regular
  • relied on
  • resembling
  • rough
  • rough-hewn
  • rude
  • rustic
  • saphead
  • savage
  • scatterbrain
  • schlub
  • schnook
  • semifinished
  • shlub
  • similar
  • simple
  • simplehearted
  • simpleminded
  • simpleton
  • sincere
  • single-minded
  • skunk
  • snake
  • spontaneous
  • spurious
  • stinker
  • stock
  • straight
  • straightforward
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • sublime
  • supposititious
  • susceptible
  • thickhead
  • three-dimensional
  • true
  • trustful
  • trusting
  • turkey
  • typic
  • typical
  • unacquired
  • unaffected
  • unassumed
  • unbleached
  • uncivil
  • uncivilized
  • uncontrived
  • uncontrolled
  • uncooked
  • uncouth
  • uncultivated
  • uncultured
  • undesigning
  • undeveloped
  • undomesticated
  • undressed
  • unembarrassed
  • unfathered
  • unfeigned
  • unfiltered
  • unfinished
  • unforced
  • unguarded
  • uniform
  • uninhabited
  • universal
  • unlabored
  • unmixed
  • unpeopled
  • unpolished
  • unpretending
  • unpretentious
  • unprocessed
  • unreconstructed
  • unrefined
  • unregenerate
  • unschooled
  • unsettled
  • unsophisticated
  • unstudied
  • untamed
  • untended
  • untreated
  • unwary
  • unworldly
  • up-front
  • uplifting
  • usual
  • valiant
  • venerable
  • verisimilar
  • villain
  • virgin
  • vivid
  • waste
  • whole
  • wide-eyed
  • wild
  • woodenhead
  • worthy
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
  • zany

Antonyms for natural

  • Renaissance man
  • abnormal
  • abominable
  • accidental
  • acquired
  • adopted
  • adoptive
  • adscititious
  • adventitious
  • affected
  • alien
  • angelic
  • angelical
  • animal
  • arch
  • artful
  • artificial
  • assuming
  • atypical
  • base
  • beastly
  • bestial
  • brain
  • brute
  • calculating
  • canny
  • changing
  • civilized
  • coarse
  • coincidental
  • complex
  • complicated
  • contemptible
  • contrasted
  • contrasting
  • cosmopolitan
  • crafty
  • critical
  • crooked
  • crude
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • cunning
  • cynical
  • dastardly
  • debased
  • deceitful
  • deceptive
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • degrading
  • designing
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • developed
  • devious
  • different
  • difficult
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • dishonest
  • disparate
  • dissembling
  • dissimilar
  • dissimulating
  • divine
  • double-dealing
  • dressed
  • enlightened
  • exceptional
  • exterior
  • external
  • extraneous
  • extraordinary
  • extrinsic
  • fake
  • false
  • feigned
  • filtered
  • fixed
  • flattering
  • forced
  • foreign
  • formal
  • foxy
  • genius
  • genteel
  • gentle
  • godlike
  • guileful
  • hateful
  • humane
  • humiliating
  • hypocritical
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • illegitimate
  • immortal
  • incidental
  • incomparable
  • inconsistent
  • infrahuman
  • infrequent
  • inhabited
  • inhuman
  • insincere
  • intellect
  • intellectual
  • intricate
  • irregular
  • knavish
  • legitimate
  • little
  • lousy
  • low
  • manipulative
  • mealymouthed
  • mean
  • metropolitan
  • mistrustful
  • mock
  • modern
  • modified
  • narrow
  • nonbiological
  • nonhuman
  • nonnatural
  • nonrealistic
  • off
  • offensive
  • omnipotent
  • omniscient
  • particular
  • phoney
  • phony
  • polished
  • polite
  • polymath
  • pretended
  • pretentious
  • preternatural
  • processed
  • pure
  • purified
  • rare
  • refined
  • repulsive
  • robotic
  • sage
  • scheming
  • semicivilized
  • seminatural
  • sham
  • sharp
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • shifty
  • shrewd
  • skeptical
  • slick
  • slippery
  • sly
  • small-minded
  • smooth
  • sophisticated
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • squalid
  • strained
  • subhuman
  • subtle
  • superficial
  • superhuman
  • supernatural
  • supernormal
  • surface
  • suspicious
  • sycophantic
  • tamed
  • thinker
  • trained
  • treated
  • tricky
  • two-faced
  • ugly
  • unalike
  • uncommon
  • unctuous
  • underhanded
  • unlike
  • unmatched
  • unnatural
  • unrealistic
  • unreasonable
  • unsteady
  • unusual
  • urbane
  • vicious
  • vile
  • vulgar
  • wary
  • well-bred
  • whiz
  • wily
  • wizard
  • worldly
  • worldly-wise
  • wretched

Meanings of natural

  • noun
    1. A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.
    2. A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
    3. The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
    4. One with an innate talent at or for something.
    5. An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
    6. One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.
    7. One's natural life.
    8. A hairstyle for people with afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
    9. Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
  • adjective
    1. That exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.
    2. Of or relating to nature.
    3. Without artificial additives.
    4. As expected; reasonable.
    5. Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
    6. Produced by natural organs, such as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
    7. Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.
    8. Having 1 as the base of the system, of a function or number.
    9. Without, or prior to, modification or adjustment.
    10. Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
    11. Connected by the ties of consanguinity.
    12. Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
    13. (of sexual intercourse) Without a condom.
    14. Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
  • adverb
    1. Naturally; in a natural manner.

Example Sentences

  • She has a natural talent for playing the piano, impressing everyone with her skill.
  • The artist's paintings capture the beauty of the natural world in vivid detail.
  • He has a natural charm that makes him well-liked by everyone he meets.
  • It's important to use natural ingredients in cooking to enhance the flavor of the dish.
  • The hiker felt at home in the natural surroundings of the forest, finding peace in its tranquility.

On this page you'll find 605 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to natural, such as: Neandertal, Neanderthal, Renaissance man, abnormal, abominable, accidental, accurate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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acclimate

  • acclimatize
  • accommodate
  • acculture
  • accustom
  • acquaint
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • alter
  • attune
  • bend
  • climatize
  • condition
  • conform
  • convert
  • correct
  • customize
  • doctor
  • edit
  • equip
  • establish
  • familiarize
  • fashion
  • fine-tune
  • fit
  • gear
  • get used to
  • habilitate
  • habituate
  • harden
  • harmonize
  • inure
  • make over
  • match
  • model
  • modify
  • naturalize
  • orient
  • orientate
  • pattern
  • phase
  • prepare
  • prime
  • put
  • readapt
  • readjust
  • ready
  • recast
  • reclaim
  • recycle
  • redesign
  • redevelop
  • redo
  • reengineer
  • refashion
  • refigure
  • refit
  • refocus
  • register
  • regulate
  • rehearse
  • reinvent
  • rejigger
  • remake
  • remodel
  • revamp
  • revise
  • rework
  • rig
  • root
  • season
  • settle
  • shape
  • square
  • suit
  • tailor
  • toughen
  • train
  • transform
  • tune

familiarizing

  • accustom
  • accustoming
  • acquainting
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • advertising
  • advising
  • alerting
  • apprising
  • assuring
  • awaken to
  • become adept in
  • become aware of
  • break the ice
  • briefing
  • bring into use
  • case
  • catching up
  • certifying
  • check out
  • clearing
  • coach
  • come to know
  • condition
  • convincing
  • disabusing
  • disenchanting
  • disillusioning
  • educating
  • enlighten
  • enlightening
  • exposing
  • filling in
  • gain friendship
  • get in
  • get lay of land
  • get lowdown on
  • get to know
  • get together
  • get with it
  • grounding
  • habituate
  • habituating
  • hipping
  • inform
  • informing
  • initiating
  • instruct
  • instructing
  • introducing
  • inure
  • lecturing
  • let down hair
  • let know
  • let next to
  • letting someone know
  • make conversant
  • make used to
  • mix
  • naturalize
  • notifying
  • orientating
  • orienting
  • popularize
  • post
  • presenting
  • prime
  • put on to
  • reacquainting
  • reassuring
  • school
  • schooling
  • season
  • subjecting
  • teaching
  • telling
  • tip off
  • train
  • training
  • tutoring
  • undeceiving
  • use
  • versing
  • warning
  • warranting
  • wont
  • wonting

table

  • abort
  • abrogate
  • add
  • adjourn
  • agenda
  • aliment
  • altiplano
  • annul
  • appendix
  • bake
  • banquet
  • bar
  • barbecue
  • barbeque
  • bed table
  • bench
  • bibliography
  • bill of fare
  • bite
  • board
  • bread
  • break off
  • break up
  • breakfast
  • buffet
  • bureau
  • butte
  • calculate
  • calendar
  • call
  • call off
  • canon
  • card table
  • catalog
  • catalogue
  • chart
  • checklist
  • chow
  • chronology
  • chuck
  • cipher
  • clambake
  • close
  • coffee table
  • collation
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • compendium
  • compilation
  • compute
  • conclude
  • console
  • cookout
  • cool
  • count
  • counter
  • cuisine
  • defer
  • delay
  • desk
  • diet
  • digest
  • dining table
  • dinner
  • dinner table
  • directory
  • disband
  • discontinue
  • dish
  • disperse
  • dissolve
  • divide
  • docket
  • dome
  • dresser
  • drop
  • eatables
  • eats
  • edibles
  • end
  • ensilage
  • enter
  • enumerate
  • enumeration
  • fare
  • feast
  • feed
  • figure
  • finger food
  • flat
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • fry
  • fry-up
  • glossary
  • graph
  • grub
  • gulp
  • halt
  • hang
  • height
  • highland
  • hold off
  • hold up
  • illustration
  • index
  • intermit
  • interrupt
  • invalidate
  • inventory
  • karoo
  • karroo
  • lectern
  • list
  • listing
  • luau
  • lunch
  • luncheon
  • manifest
  • meal
  • meat
  • meat and drink
  • menu
  • mesa
  • mess
  • morsel
  • move
  • multiply
  • natural food
  • negate
  • nourishment
  • nullify
  • number
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • pap
  • payroll
  • picnic
  • pigeonhole
  • plain
  • plan
  • plate
  • plateau
  • platter
  • postpone
  • potluck
  • propose
  • prorogate
  • prorogue
  • provender
  • provisions
  • pulpit
  • puna
  • put aside
  • put forward
  • put off
  • put on back burner
  • put on hold
  • put on ice
  • put on the shelf
  • quash
  • rations
  • recall
  • recess
  • reckon
  • recompute
  • record
  • refection
  • refectory table
  • refigure
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • register
  • registry
  • repast
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • reserve
  • revoke
  • roast
  • roll
  • roll call
  • roster
  • schedule
  • serving
  • shelve
  • side table
  • sideboard
  • silage
  • sink
  • slab
  • slop
  • smorgasbord
  • snack
  • spread
  • stand
  • statistics
  • stop
  • submit
  • subtract
  • suggest
  • sum
  • summary
  • summate
  • supper
  • supplies
  • suspend
  • sustenance
  • swill
  • synopsis
  • table of contents
  • tableland
  • tabulate
  • tabulation
  • tally
  • taste
  • tea
  • tea table
  • tell
  • terminate
  • timetable
  • total
  • totalize
  • tucker
  • upland
  • viands
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • void
  • wagon
  • wind up
  • work out
  • wrap up

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