Another word for artificial
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Adjective
Made by human beings instead of nature
- Made by humans rather than occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic:
See also:Made to imitate something else
- Made to resemble another, usually superior material:
- Made to resemble something specified, usually something superior or genuine; not real; sham; bogus
- Made by humans rather than occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic:
- Sham; false; imitation; pretended
- Of or designating a food that imitates another in some way
- Made in resemblance of or as a substitute for another.
- Performed or staged in imitation of a real event or activity:
- Made to imitate something else; artificial
- Produced by synthesis; specif., produced by chemical synthesis, rather than of natural origin
- (Linguis.) Characterized by the use of inflection to express grammatical relationships
- Prepared or made artificially:
- Imitation; make-believe:
- (Informal) Make-believe
See also:Not genuine or sincere
- Assumed for effect; artificial
- Infected or attacked, as by disease.
- Assumed or simulated to impress others:
- Not real; pretended:
- (Now Rare) Fictitious; imagined
- Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
- Habitually phony or dishonest:
- Not sincere; not genuine:
- Not sincere; deceptive or hypocritical; not to be trusted
- Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest:
- Not genuine; false, counterfeit, spurious, pretentious, etc.
- Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- Reputed or alleged
- Not genuine or sincere; feigned:
- Not genuine; feigned
See also:Artificially genteel
- Behaving in an artificial way to impress people; full of affectation
- Assumed for effect; artificial
- Assumed or simulated to impress others:
- Having or showing a certain manner:
- Having manners of a specific kind:
- Artificial or affected:
- Very fastidious, overrefined, or affected, as in behavior, language, etc.
- Dear; beloved:
- Affectedly dainty or overrefined:
- Affectedly genteel; pretentious.
- Disdainful description of pretension or haughtiness.
- Affected in speech, manners, etc.; pretentiously refined
Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads
- Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham:
- Not natural, genuine, or spontaneous; forced or artificial
- Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.
- Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
- Made of a plastic or plastics:
- Capable of being shaped or formed:
- Not natural; supernatural or artificial.
- Not included in nature; artificial:
- Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
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Another word for artificial
Modifier
Said of things
Said of conduct
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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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