Definition of 'natural'
Noun
- someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Synonyms: cancel - (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
Adjective
- 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 - 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 - existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"
Antonyms: supernatural - 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"
- (of a key) containing no sharps or flats; (of a note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural"
Antonyms: sharp flat - unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
Synonyms: instinctive - (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"
Synonyms: raw rude - related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"
- being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent"
Synonyms: born innate - free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"
Synonyms: lifelike
