Preternatural Synonyms and Antonyms

prētər-năchər-əl, -năchrəl
Greatly exceeding or departing from the normal course of nature
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. supernatural
  2. unnatural
  3. ghostly
  4. mysterious
  5. nonnatural
  6. abnormal
  7. irregular
  8. atypical
  9. exceptional
  10. uncanny
  11. extraordinary
  12. miraculous
  13. otherworldly
  14. uncommon
  15. unusual
  16. transcendental
Antonyms:
  1. usual
  2. natural
  3. normal
  4. regular
  5. common
Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. supernatural
  2. extramundane
  3. extrasensory
  4. metaphysical
  5. miraculous
  6. superhuman
  7. superphysical
  8. supersensible
  9. transcendental
  10. unearthly

Preternatural Sentence Examples

  • In old age he was a mere skeleton, with a long nose and eyes of preternatural brilliancy peering out of his wig.

  • Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance.

  • The pre-existence of world-matter is assumed; sometimes too that of heaven, as the seat of the earth-maker, and that of preternatural animals, his coadjutors.