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Another word for artificial

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Adjective

  1. Made by human beings instead of nature

    See also:

    culture

  2. Made to imitate something else

    See also:

    real

  3. Not genuine or sincere

    See also:

    true

  4. Artificially genteel

    See also:

    true

    plain

    honest

    good

  5. Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads

    See also:

    honest

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Another word for artificial

Modifier

  1. Said of things

    See also:

    false

    Antonyms:

  2. Said of conduct

    See also:

    affected

Synonym Study

  • Counterfeit and spurious are applied to a careful imitation deliberately intended to deceive counterfeit money, a spurious signature
  • Ersatz , which refers to an artificial substitute, always implies an inferior substance ersatz coffee made from chicory
  • Synthetic is applied to a substance that is produced by chemical synthesis and is used as a substitute for a natural substance which it resembles synthetic dyes
  • Artificial is applied to anything made by human work, esp. if in imitation of something natural artificial hair
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Sentence Examples

  • The artificial breeze from the fan provided only temporary relief.

  • And he fell back into that artificial realm of imaginary greatness, and again--as a horse walking a treadmill thinks it is doing something for itself--he submissively fulfilled the cruel, sad, gloomy, and inhuman role predestined for him.

  • Its waters have been in great part carried off by an artificial channel, and more than half its surface laid bare.

  • It lies on either side of the formerly natural, now artificial outlet of the river Waveney to the North Sea, while to the west the river forms Oulton Broad and Lothing Lake.

  • The language must be one used by a nation, not an artificial thing.

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