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Antonyms for more natural
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : nach-er-uhl, nach-ruhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnætʃ ər əl, ˈnætʃ rəl |
- abnormal
- affected
- artificial
- atypical
- changing
- complex
- complicated
- cultured
- different
- difficult
- dishonest
- exceptional
- extraordinary
- false
- fixed
- foreign
- formal
- gentle
- inconsistent
- infrequent
- intricate
- irregular
- metropolitan
- modern
- modified
- particular
- pretended
- rare
- refined
- sophisticated
- uncommon
- unnatural
- unreasonable
- unsteady
- unusual
Definition of more natural
Origin :- c.1300, naturel, "of one's inborn character; hereditary, by birth;" early 14c. as "of the world of nature (especially as opposed to man)," from Old French naturel "of nature, conforming to nature; by birth," and directly from Latin naturalis "by birth, according to nature," from natura "nature" (see nature).
- From late 15c. as "not miraculous, in conformity with nature." Meaning "easy, free from affectation" is attested from c.1600. Of things, "not artificially created," c.1600. As a euphemism for "illegitimate, bastard" (of children), it is first recorded c.1400, on notion of blood kinship (but not legal status).
- Natural science is from late 14c.; natural law is from early 15c. Natural order "apparent order in nature" is from 1690s. Natural childbirth first attested 1933. Natural life, usually in reference to the duration of life, is from late 15c. Natural history is from 1560s (see history). To die of natural causes is from 1570s.
- adj normal, everyday
- adj open, unaffected
- adj organic, unrefined
- He had thought her better, more natural, more large-hearted and more pure.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- What could be more natural than the marriage of these two gifted persons?
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- What more natural than that she should hasten to employ him?
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- His voice lifted until it was its shriller, more natural falsetto.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- Of course he was getting tired of her; what could be more natural?
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- "Why, nothing could be more natural," was the answer of the gracious man.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- What more natural than that one mystery should be allowed to explain the other?
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- There is some attempt in this at a more natural mode of treating the foliage.
- Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
- What was more natural than that their friendship should culminate in a deeper feeling!
- Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
- And yet what more natural and proper, both for him and for us?
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
Synonyms for more natural
- accustomed
- agrarian
- agrestal
- anticipated
- artless
- being oneself
- candid
- characteristic
- childlike
- common
- commonplace
- congenital
- connatural
- consistent
- constant
- counted on
- credulous
- crude
- customary
- direct
- easy
- essential
- familiar
- folksy
- forthright
- frank
- general
- genuine
- habitual
- homey
- ignorant
- impulsive
- inartificial
- inborn
- indigenous
- ingenerate
- ingenuous
- inherent
- innate
- innocent
- instinctive
- intuitive
- involuntary
- laid-back
- legitimate
- logical
- looked for
- matter-of-course
- naive
- natal
- native
- ordinary
- plain
- prevailing
- prevalent
- primitive
- probable
- provincial
- pure
- raw
- real
- reasonable
- regular
- relied on
- rustic
- simple
- simplehearted
- sincere
- spontaneous
- straightforward
- trusting
- typic
- typical
- unacquired
- unassumed
- unbleached
- uncontrived
- uncontrolled
- uncultivated
- undesigning
- undomesticated
- unembarrassed
- unfeigned
- unforced
- uniform
- universal
- unlabored
- unmixed
- unpolished
- unpretentious
- unprocessed
- unschooled
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- unworldly
- up-front
- usual
- whole
- wild
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