Natural

Quick meaning: Natural is an adjective meaning Existing in nature.

Meaning

Existing in nature.

More Meanings

1. Pertaining to birth or descent; native.
2. (now rare) A native inhabitant of a place, country, etc.
3. (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
4. (music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
5. One with an innate talent at or for something.
6. (uncountable) An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
7. (archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.

Example Sentences

He's a natural on the saxophone.

"Why you are a natural! I thought you had learned something by this time.

I wanted to do it for so long — throw out my chemically relaxed hair for a natural.

‘Sergeant-Major Robinson came in in the middle of it, and you've never seen a man look more surprised in your natural.’

Word Forms

• naturall
• nat'ral
• naturals

Synonyms for natural

Depending on context, synonyms include half-natural, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, baboon, beanbrain.

Antonyms for natural

Common opposites include deliberate, sharp, flat, supernatural, unreal, artificial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inborn, innate, born, primitive, connatural, inbred.

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