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natural
adjective as in normal, everyday
Strongest matches
common, essential, innate, instinctive, legitimate, logical, ordinary, reasonable, usual
Strong matches
characteristic, commonplace, constant, familiar, general, natal, native, probable, regular, uniform, universal
Weak matches
accustomed, anticipated, congenital, connatural, consistent, counted on, customary, habitual, inborn, indigenous, ingenerate, inherent, intuitive, involuntary, looked-for, matter-of-course, prevailing, prevalent, relied on, spontaneous, typic, typical, unacquired, uncontrolled
adjective as in open, unaffected
Strongest matches
easy, genuine, instinctive, real, simple
Weak matches
artless, being oneself, candid, childlike, credulous, direct, folksy, forthright, homey, ignorant, impulsive, inartificial, ingenuous, laid-back, naive, simplehearted, sincere, spontaneous, straightforward, trusting, unassumed, uncontrived, undesigning, unembarrassed, unfeigned, unforced, unlabored, unpolished, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly, up-front
adjective as in organic, unrefined
Weak matches
agrarian, agrestal, unbleached, uncultivated, undomesticated, unmixed, unpolished, unprocessed
Example Sentences
She got her start waiting tables at the Redd Foxx Club on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood, but was noticed for her beauty and invited on stage, where she was a natural.
Relatives of the friend refused to accept she died of natural causes and an autopsy found traces of cyanide in her body.
The research helps explain how many cultural traits have been preserved for thousands of years among hunter-gatherer groups across a wide range of natural environments in Africa.
Most interestingly, human listeners perceived the sound of the Aztec death whistle to be partly of natural and organic origin, like a human voice or scream.
"In Australia, more than one in 10 houses in Australia are situated in flood zones. Flooding from intense rainfall and overflowing rivers is the most common and costliest natural disaster," said Associate Professor Shi.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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