unnatural | Definition of unnatural

Synonyms and Antonyms of unnatural

1 departing from some accepted standard of what is normal

the documentary evinces an unnatural obsession with the gruesome details of the disaster

Synonyms of unnatural

aberrant, aberrational, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, deviate, devious, irregular, untypical

Words Related to unnatural

unrepresentative

extraordinary, preternatural

rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted

bizarre, curious, far-out, funny, kinky, odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild

eccentric, freakish, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, unconventional, unorthodox

extraordinary, preternatural

rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted

odd, peculiar, strange

Near Antonyms of unnatural

common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, ordinary, routine, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine (or run-of-mine), unexceptional, unremarkable, workaday

customary, usual, wonted

archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, representative

Antonyms of unnatural

natural, normal, regular, standard, typical

2 lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

just before the debate, the candidates flashed unnatural smiles for the cameras

Synonyms of unnatural

affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained

Words Related to unnatural

automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic

double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous

exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)

cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering

conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden

artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied

Near Antonyms of unnatural

authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true

honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending