natural

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natural Definition

• (a) in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"
• (a) 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"
• (a) existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"
• (a) of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural"
• (n) someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he''s a natural for the job"
• (n) a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
• (n) (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
• (s) 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"
• (s) unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat''s natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
• (s) (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"
• (s) related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"
• (s) being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent"
• (s) unaffected and natural looking; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"

natural Synonyms

• born(p)
• cancel
• innate(p)
• instinctive
• lifelike
• natural
• raw(a)
• rude(a)