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Artificial

🔄 Synonyms of "Artificial"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
contrived	Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
fauxnoun	Fake or artificial.
ersatznoun	inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation
unreal	Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
fakenoun	Not real; false, fraudulent.
nearverb	Physically close.
affectednoun	Influenced or changed by something.
syntheticnoun	(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
falseverb	Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
factitious	Created by humans; artificial.
imitationnoun	(attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
simulated	Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.
dummynoun	A stupid person.
stilted	(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
celluloidnoun	(figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
unnaturalnoun	Not natural.
bleached	Whitened; made white using bleach
arranged	(of a marriage) Having the match decided by someone other than the couple being married.
painted	Coated with paint.
inorganicnoun	(chemistry) Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.
dyedverb	Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
stylized	Represented according to some convention, omitting dispensable detail, rather than in a realistic or literal manner.
cardboardnoun	A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
man-made	Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
staged	Planned, prepared.

↔️ Antonyms of "Artificial"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
naturalnoun	Existing in nature.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Artificial"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
factitious	Created by humans; artificial.
man-made	Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
contrived	Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
fauxnoun	Fake or artificial.
fakenoun	Not real; false, fraudulent.
ersatz	inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation
affected	Influenced or changed by something.
false	Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
simulated	Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.
imitationnoun	(attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
dummynoun	A stupid person.
unreal	Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
near	Physically close.
substitutenoun	(transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
arranged	(of a marriage) Having the match decided by someone other than the couple being married.
stagedverb	Planned, prepared.
stylized	Represented according to some convention, omitting dispensable detail, rather than in a realistic or literal manner.
unlifelike	Not lifelike.
unnatural	Not natural.
synthetic	(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).