NATURAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does natural mean?
• NATURAL (noun)
The noun NATURAL has 3 senses:
1. someone regarded as certain to succeed
2. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
3. (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
Familiarity information: NATURAL used as a noun is uncommon.
• NATURAL (adjective)
The adjective NATURAL has 10 senses:
1. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
2. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
3. existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
4. functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
5. (of a key) containing no sharps or flats; (of a note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
6. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
7. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
8. related by blood; not adopted
9. being talented through inherited qualities
10. free from artificiality
Familiarity information: NATURAL used as an adjective is familiar.
Dictionary entry details
• NATURAL (noun)
Meaning:
Someone regarded as certain to succeed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he's a natural for the job
Hypernyms ("natural" is a kind of...):
achiever; succeeder; success; winner (a person with a record of successes)
Meaning:
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cancel; natural
Hypernyms ("natural" is a kind of...):
musical notation (a notation used by musicians)
Meaning:
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("natural" is a kind of...):
cast; roll (the act of throwing dice)
Domain category:
craps (a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice)
• NATURAL (adjective)
Meaning:
In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
Context examples:
a very natural development / our natural environment / natural science / natural resources / natural cliffs / natural phenomena
Similar:
earthy (not far removed from or suggestive of nature)
Also:
natural (existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical)
natural (existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation)
Attribute:
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Antonym:
unnatural (not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature)
Meaning:
Existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
Context examples:
a natural pearl / natural gas / natural silk / natural blonde hair / a natural sweetener / natural fertilizers
Similar:
unbleached; uncolored; undyed (not artificially colored or bleached)
Also:
natural (in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature)
Antonym:
artificial (contrived by art rather than nature)
Meaning:
Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
Context example:
a perfectly natural explanation
Similar:
physical (according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter))
Antonym:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Meaning:
Functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
Context examples:
it's the natural thing to happen / natural immunity / a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
Similar:
normal (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Meaning:
(of a key) containing no sharps or flats; (of a note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
Context examples:
a natural scale / B natural
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Antonym:
flat (lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone)
sharp (raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone)
Meaning:
Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
Synonyms:
instinctive; natural
Context examples:
a cat's natural aversion to water / offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
Similar:
self-generated; spontaneous (happening or arising without apparent external cause)
Meaning:
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Synonyms:
raw; rude; natural
Context examples:
natural yogurt / natural produce / raw wool / raw sugar / bales of rude cotton
Similar:
unprocessed (not altered from an original or natural state)
Meaning:
Related by blood; not adopted
Context example:
natural parent
Similar:
biological (of parents and children; related by blood)
Meaning:
Being talented through inherited qualities
Synonyms:
born; innate; natural
Context examples:
a natural leader / a born musician / an innate talent
Similar:
intelligent (having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree)
Meaning:
Free from artificiality
Synonyms:
lifelike; natural
Context examples:
a lifelike pose / a natural reaction
Similar:
unaffected (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine)
