natural

noun

(music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.

(music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.

One with an innate talent at or for something.

(uncountable) An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.

(colloquial, chiefly UK) One's life.

(US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.

(chiefly in the plural, slang) A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.

(bodybuilding) Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.

(craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.

(now rare) A native inhabitant of a place, country, etc.

(archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.

adjective

Existing in nature.

Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.

Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.

As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.

Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.

Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.

Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.

(mathematics) Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.

(mathematics) (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.

(music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.

Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.

Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.

Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.

(dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.

(bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

Uncircumcised; intact.

(bridge) 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.

Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.

Related by birth; genetically related.

adverb

(colloquial, dialect) Naturally; in a natural manner.

Roots

nascornat- · Latin · be born

Synonyms for natural

instinctiveadj inartificial innateadj connaturaladj lifelikeadj inbornadj inherentadj naturalisticadj organicadj unstudiedadj instinctualadj

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