natural

Plural: naturals

Noun

• A musical note that is neither sharp nor flat.
• someone regarded as certain to succeed
  • "he's a natural for the job"
• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
• (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
• A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.
• A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
• The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
• One with an innate talent at or for something.
• An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
• One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.
• One's life.
• A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
• A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.
• Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.
• A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.

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"
• 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"
• existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
  • "a perfectly natural explanation"
• (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
  • "a natural scale"
  • "B natural"

Adjective Satellite

• 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"
• unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
  • "a cat's natural aversion to water"
• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
  • "natural yogurt"
  • "natural produce"
• related by blood; not adopted
• being talented through inherited qualities
  • "a natural leader"
• free from artificiality
  • "a natural reaction"

Adj

• Existing in nature.
• Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
• Existing in nature.
• Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
• Existing in nature.
• As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
• Existing in nature.
• Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
• Existing in nature.
• Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
• Existing in nature.
• Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
• Existing in nature.
• Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
• Existing in nature.
• Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
• Existing in nature.
• Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
• Existing in nature.
• Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
• Existing in nature.
• Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
• Existing in nature.
• Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
• Existing in nature.
• Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
• Existing in nature.
• Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
• Existing in nature.
• Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
• Pertaining to birth or descent; native.
• Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
• Pertaining to birth or descent; native.
• Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
• Pertaining to birth or descent; native.
• Related by birth; genetically related.

Adv

• Naturally; in a natural manner.

Examples

• big naturals
• He's a natural on the saxophone.
• His prison sentence was the natural consequence of a life of crime.
• Hitting a high score felt so good, it was a natural fit for his winning strategy.
• It's natural for business to be slow on Tuesdays.
• Natural food is healthier than processed food.
• She died of natural causes.
• The species will be under threat if its natural habitat is destroyed.
• There's a wrong note here: it should be C natural instead of C sharp.

Synonyms

born, cancel, innate, instinctive, lifelike, raw, rude, Alternative spelling of dumbass., Boeotian, Charlie, Vulgar:, addle pate, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, ass, assclown, asshat, asshead, asstard, asswipe, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubble brain, bubblehead, bufflehead, buffoon, buttbreath, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate, clot, clown, condomless, consanguine, crackhead, cretin, cuckoo, deadhead, dildo, dim bulb, dimbo, dimbus, dimwit, ding dong, dingbat, dingleberry, dingwad, dip, dipshit, dipstick, doldrum, dolt, donkey dick, donut, doodle, doof, doofoid, doofus, dope, dork, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dullard, dumb bunny, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dumbfuck, dumbfucker, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dumbo, dumbshit, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, eejit, farthead, fathead, featherbrain, fenderhead, fleabrain, fool, fopdoodle, fuck-knuckle, fucktard, fuckwit, galoot, gimboid, gomer, gonk, goober, goof, goofball, goofy, goose, goosecap, gorbuson, gudgeon, ha'porth, half-natural, halfwit, hammerhead, idiot, ignoramus, illegitimate, imbecile, inbred, inevitable, jackaninny, jackass, jellybrain, jerk, juggins, jughead, knothead, knucklehead, lackwit, lamebrain, log, loggerhead, lummox, lunk, lunkhead, maroon, meatball, meathead, mental midget, mome, momo, mongoloid, mongtard, monkey, moron, mouth breather, muggins, mushhead, mutt, muttonhead, native, natty, necessary, nimrod, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit, nitwit, noddy, noodlehead, numbskull, oaf, peabrain, peagoose, peckerhead, pigwidgeon, pillock, pinhead, plank, plonker, prat, put, putz, reasonable, retard, sap, saphead, schmo, shitbrain, shithead, shitneck, shitwit, silly, simp, simpleton, snapperhead, sot, space cadet, spanner, stupe, stupid, stupid-head, tard, thickhead, thicko, thickskull, tomfool, tonto, toolbox, tosspot, turkey, twat, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzer, wazzock, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany

Antonyms

artificial, flat, sharp, supernatural, unnatural, aberrant, abnormal, conventional, enhanced, processed, strange

Related Words

antenatal, au naturel, innate, nascent, natal, native, nativism, nativity, nativization, naturalism, naturism, prenatal

Anagrams of natural