naturalistic

The word “naturalistic” has 5 syllables: nat-u-ral-is-tic

It's pronounced as /ˌnætʃəˈrɪstɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for naturalistic?

In the thesaurus, “naturalistic” has 55 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for naturalistic

  • accurate
  • akin
  • alike
  • analogous
  • approximate
  • astute
  • businesslike
  • close
  • commonsense
  • comparable
  • compelling
  • convincing
  • down-to-earth
  • earthy
  • expressive
  • faithful
  • graphic
  • graphical
  • gritty
  • hard
  • hard-boiled
  • levelheaded
  • lifelike
  • like
  • living
  • matching
  • natural
  • near
  • photo-realistic
  • practical
  • pragmatic
  • pragmatical
  • prudent
  • rational
  • real
  • realistic
  • reasonable
  • resembling
  • sane
  • sensible
  • shrewd
  • similar
  • sober
  • sound
  • three-dimensional
  • true
  • true-life
  • truthful
  • unfantastic
  • unidealistic
  • unromantic
  • unsentimental
  • utilitarian
  • verisimilar
  • vivid

Antonyms for naturalistic

  • contrasted
  • contrasting
  • different
  • disparate
  • dissimilar
  • excited
  • fake
  • incomparable
  • mock
  • nonnatural
  • nonrealistic
  • off
  • phoney
  • phony
  • sham
  • unalike
  • unlike
  • unmatched
  • unnatural
  • unrealistic

Meanings of naturalistic

  • adjective
    1. Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic.
    2. Of or relating to philosophical or methodological naturalism.

Example Sentences

  • The film director opted for a naturalistic approach, capturing scenes with minimal artificial lighting and staged settings.
  • The novel's naturalistic descriptions of rural life immerse readers in the sights, sounds, and smells of the countryside.
  • In theater, naturalistic acting emphasizes realistic portrayal of characters, emotions, and interactions.
  • The artist's paintings are celebrated for their naturalistic depictions of landscapes and wildlife.
  • Psychologists use naturalistic observation techniques to study behavior in everyday environments, without interference from researchers.

On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to naturalistic, such as: accurate, akin, alike, analogous, approximate, astute, businesslike.

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Related Words

natural

  • Neandertal
  • Neanderthal
  • accurate
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  • in the raw
  • in the rough
  • inartificial
  • inborn
  • inbred
  • incorrigible
  • indigenous
  • inexperienced
  • ingenerate
  • ingenuous
  • ingrain
  • ingrained
  • inherent
  • inherited
  • inmost
  • innate
  • inner
  • innocent
  • inspiring
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  • instinctual
  • integral
  • interior
  • internal
  • intimate
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  • intuitive
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  • involuntary
  • jackass
  • jerk
  • knightly
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
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  • legitimate
  • lifelike
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  • living
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  • magnificent
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  • matching
  • matter-of-course
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  • motherless
  • moving
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  • natal
  • native
  • naturalist
  • naturalistic
  • near
  • nimrod
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit
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  • noble
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  • noodle
  • normal
  • numbskull
  • numinous
  • numskull
  • nut
  • oaf
  • on the level
  • open
  • openhearted
  • ordinary
  • orphaned
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  • peculiar
  • persuadable
  • persuasible
  • photo-realistic
  • pinhead
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • prat
  • prevailing
  • prevalent
  • primitive
  • princely
  • probable
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  • 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

near

  • about
  • abreast
  • abutting
  • accessible
  • accessibly
  • accurate
  • across
  • adjacent
  • adjoin
  • adjoining
  • adoring
  • advance
  • affable
  • affecting
  • affectionate
  • after a fashion
  • akin
  • alike
  • all but
  • allied
  • almost
  • along
  • along toward
  • alongside
  • amicable
  • analogous
  • appreciably
  • approach
  • approaching
  • approximal
  • approximate
  • approximately
  • around
  • arrive
  • as good as
  • at
  • at close quarters
  • at hand
  • attached
  • attain
  • available
  • belly up
  • beside
  • boon
  • border
  • bordering
  • borderline
  • bosom
  • buddy-buddy
  • burning
  • by
  • by and large
  • chiefly
  • chummy
  • circa
  • clannish
  • close
  • close in
  • close shave
  • close-at-hand
  • close-by
  • close-in
  • close-knit
  • close-up
  • closely
  • closer
  • come
  • come up
  • comfortable
  • coming
  • companionable
  • comparable
  • comparative
  • compelling
  • confidential
  • connected
  • conterminous
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • conveniently
  • convincing
  • convivial
  • cordial
  • cozy
  • creep up
  • dear
  • devoted
  • draw on
  • drop in
  • easy
  • enter
  • equal
  • equivalent
  • especial
  • expected
  • expressive
  • fair
  • fairly
  • faithful
  • familiar
  • feckly
  • fond
  • fore
  • forthcoming
  • forward
  • friendly
  • front
  • gain
  • generally
  • genial
  • gracious
  • graphic
  • graphical
  • gregarious
  • gritty
  • hand-to-hand
  • handily
  • handy
  • hard
  • hearty
  • hereabout
  • hereabouts
  • hereaway
  • hereaways
  • hit
  • hither
  • immediate
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  • impending
  • in
  • in close proximity
  • in the offing
  • inseparable
  • inside
  • intimate
  • inward
  • just about
  • kind of
  • land
  • largely
  • lifelike
  • like
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  • looming
  • loosely
  • loving
  • mainly
  • make
  • matching
  • more or less
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  • natural
  • naturalist
  • naturalistic
  • near-at-hand
  • nearby
  • nearly
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  • neighborly
  • next
  • next door
  • next door to
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  • next-door
  • nigh
  • nigher
  • nominally
  • not remote
  • oncoming
  • partially
  • partly
  • photo-realistic
  • plus or minus
  • practically
  • pretty much
  • proximal
  • proximate
  • reach
  • ready
  • realistic
  • related
  • relative
  • resembling
  • roughly
  • say
  • secretive
  • show up
  • side-by-side
  • similar
  • sneak up
  • snug
  • sociable
  • social
  • some
  • somewhat
  • somewhere
  • somewhere about
  • somewhere around
  • tender
  • tenderhearted
  • thereabout
  • thereabouts
  • thick
  • this
  • three-dimensional
  • tight
  • tight-knit
  • to hand
  • touch
  • touching
  • toward
  • towards
  • true
  • turn up
  • upcoming
  • verge
  • verisimilar
  • vincinal
  • virtually
  • vivid
  • warm
  • well-nigh
  • within an inch of
  • within call

verisimilar

  • acceptable
  • accurate
  • achievable
  • akin
  • alike
  • analogous
  • anticipated
  • approximate
  • apt
  • assailable
  • assuring
  • attackable
  • attainable
  • beatable
  • believeable
  • close
  • comparable
  • compelling
  • conceivable
  • conjecturable
  • conquerable
  • convincing
  • credible
  • destined
  • disposed
  • expected
  • exposed
  • expressive
  • fair
  • faithful
  • favorite
  • feasible
  • given
  • given to
  • graphic
  • graphical
  • gritty
  • imaginable
  • in danger
  • in favor of
  • in the cards
  • in the habit of
  • inclined
  • inferable
  • liable
  • lifelike
  • like
  • living
  • matching
  • natural
  • naturalist
  • naturalistic
  • near
  • odds-on
  • on the verge of
  • open
  • ostensible
  • penetrable
  • photo-realistic
  • plausible
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  • predisposed
  • presumable
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  • rational
  • realistic
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  • resembling
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  • sensitive
  • similar
  • subject
  • subject to
  • supposable
  • susceptible
  • tending
  • thinkable
  • three-dimensional
  • true
  • up-and-coming
  • vincible
  • vivid
  • vulnerable
  • workable

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