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| 1. | [ adjective ] in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature | |
| Examples: | "a very natural development" "our natural environment" "natural science" "natural resources" "natural cliffs" "natural phenomena" |
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| Related terms: | unnatural connatural elemental born intuitive instinctive earthy naturalness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation | |
| Examples: | "a natural pearl" "natural gas" "natural silk" "natural blonde hair" "a natural sweetener" "natural fertilizers" |
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| Related terms: | artificial unbleached fresh | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical | |
| Examples: | "a perfectly natural explanation" |
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| Related terms: | supernatural physical | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (biology) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies | |
| Examples: | "it's the natural thing to happen" "natural immunity" "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild" |
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| Related terms: | biology normal | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu | |
| Synonyms: | uncontrived unstudied | |
| Examples: | "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved" "simple unstudied charm" |
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| Related terms: | studied candid unaffected | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] relating to or concerning nature | |
| Examples: | "natural science" "our natural environment" |
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| Related terms: | universe | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition | |
| Synonyms: | raw rude | |
| Examples: | "natural yogurt" "natural produce" "raw wool" "raw sugar" "bales of rude cotton" |
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| Related terms: | unprocessed | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] being talented through inherited qualities | |
| Synonyms: | innate born | |
| Examples: | "a natural leader" "a born musician" "an innate talent" |
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| Related terms: | intelligent | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] free of artificiality; sincere and genuine | |
| Synonyms: | unaffected | |
| Examples: | "an unaffected grace" |
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| Related terms: | affected lifelike unstilted unselfconscious unmannered unstudied affectedness | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (music) of a key containing no sharps or flats | |
| Examples: | "B natural" |
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| Related terms: | sharp flat music | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] unaffected and natural looking | |
| Synonyms: | lifelike | |
| Examples: | "a lifelike pose" "a natural reaction" |
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| Related terms: | unaffected | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (music) a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat | |
| Synonyms: | cancel | |
| Related terms: | musical_notation cancel | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives | |
| Synonyms: | nonsynthetic | |
| Examples: | "organic gardening is more natural" "nonsynthetic fertilizer" |
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| Related terms: | organic | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] related by blood; not adopted | |
| Examples: | "natural parent" |
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| Related terms: | biological | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] produced without being planted or without human labor | |
| Synonyms: | spontaneous wild | |
| Examples: | "wild strawberries" |
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| Related terms: | unplanted | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] born out of wedlock | |
| Synonyms: | bastardly misbegot misbegotten spurious bastard | |
| Examples: | "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman |
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| Related terms: | illegitimate | |
| 17. | [ noun ] someone regarded as certain to succeed | |
| Examples: | "he's a natural for the job" |
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| Related terms: | achiever | |
| 18. | [ adjective ] unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct | |
| Synonyms: | instinctive | |
| Examples: | "a cat's natural aversion to water" "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing" |
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| Related terms: | spontaneous | |
| 19. | [ noun ] (in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake | |
| Related terms: | cast craps | |
| Similar spelling: |
naturally naturalize naturalist naturalism naturalise |
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