Artificial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Made by humans; produced rather than natural.
  • adj. Brought about or caused by sociopolitical or other human-generated forces or influences: set up artificial barriers against women and minorities; an artificial economic boom.
  • adj. Made in imitation of something natural; simulated: artificial teeth.
  • adj. Not genuine or natural: an artificial smile.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Man-made; of artifice.
  • adj. False, misleading.
  • adj. Unnatural.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural.
  • adj. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
  • adj. Artful; cunning; crafty.
  • adj. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to art; in accordance with the rules of art; technical.
  • Contrived with skill or art; artistically done or represented; elaborate.
  • Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor: opposed to natural: as, artificial heat or light; an artificial magnet.
  • Made in imitation of or as a substitute for that which is natural or real: as, artificial pearls or diamonds; artificial flowers.
  • Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; constrained; not genuine or natural: said of things.
  • Full of affectation; not natural: said of persons.
  • Artful; subtle; crafty; ingenious.
  • n. A production of art.
  • n. An artificer; an artisan.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
  • adj. contrived by art rather than nature
  • adj. artificially formal
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    natural    genuine    unconstrained   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    feigned    fictitious    assumed    affected    artful    cunning    crafty    cultivated    factitious    made   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    natural    external    peculiar    unnatural    conventional    small