Synonyms for artificial
ˌɑr təˈfɪʃ əlar·ti·fi·cial

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 6 votes

1. artificial

   Synonyms:
   acquired, alien, alien, assumed, foreign, unnatural

   Antonyms:
   indigenous, innate, natal, native, natural, original

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. artificial

   Synonyms:
   invented, fabricated, fictitious, constructed, manufactured, pretended, simulated, false, assumed, concocted, contrived, deceptive, artful, affected, unnatural, constrained

   Antonyms:
   natural, inartificial, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected

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1. artificial, unrealadjective

   contrived by art rather than nature

   "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

   Synonyms:
   contrived, insubstantial, unreal, stilted, hokey, unsubstantial

   Antonyms:
   unbleached, natural, organic, unaffected, undyed, uncolored

2. artificial, contrived, hokey, stiltedadjective

   artificially formal

   "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"

   Synonyms:
   drippy, schmaltzy, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, unreal, hokey, bathetic, schmalzy

   Antonyms:
   undyed, natural, organic, unaffected, uncolored, unbleached

3. artificialadjective

   not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

   Synonyms:
   contrived, unreal, stilted, hokey

   Antonyms:
   organic, unaffected, uncolored, undyed, natural, unbleached

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1. prosthetic

   an artificial body part

   daniel donated a prosthetic leg to his brother believing he needed it more than him.

   Submitted by rinat on October 6, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. artificialadjective

   Synonyms:
   factitious, made by art, not natural

2. artificialadjective

   Synonyms:
   fictitious, feigned, counterfeited, sham, spurious

3. artificialadjective

   Synonyms:
   assumed, affected, forced, strained

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1. artificialadjective

   Synonyms:
   factitious, feigned, affected, assumed, fictitious, counterfeit, spurious

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1. List of paraphrases for "artificial":

   man-made, manmade, contrived, human-made, synthetic, unnatural, engineered, anthropogenic, artificially

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1. List of known nicknames for "Artificial":

   Aural Distortion, Gustavo Sacchetti

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1. Wen Yang:

   Such lightweight and tough materials like fish scales are the sexy topics that materials scientists are pursuing, it is true that the natural armor is similar to artificial body armor because of the similar scale overlapping system. However, the natural armor such as these fish scales is tough and much lighter, without impeding body flexibility and locomotion.

2. Tim Spector:

   We always thought artificial sweeteners were the perfect free lunch, but we're ignoring the other biology going on.

3. Kathleen Page:

   There is controversy surrounding the use of artificial sweeteners because a lot of people are using them for weight loss, while some studies suggest they may be helpful, others show they may be contributing to weight gain, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Our study looked at different population groups to tease out some of the reasons behind those conflicting results.

4. Friday Tesla:

   50 years is hard to predict, safe to say that 50 years from now will not be what we think it will be. There are fundamental size makeshifts in technology, artificial intelligence, space travel, neurocomputer interfaces, synthetic RNA and DNA. Those are the big ones.

5. Larry Hogan:

   Im not sure ... putting an artificial deadline of saying were going to get everything open by Easter is unrealistic from all the experts and the scientists that were talking to, this idea of somehow without any real data picking high risk versus low risk -- I dont think thats really realistic.