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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
created by human beings.
Many pilots get a large part of their training under artificial conditions.Most artificial fibers for carpets are less expensive than natural fibers.
- synonyms:
- man-made, synthetic
- antonyms:
- natural
- similar words:
- manufactured
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| definition 2: |
created to imitate something natural.
They play on artificial grass.Do you ever use an artificial sweetener in your tea?- synonyms:
- imitation, simulated
- antonyms:
- genuine, natural, real
- similar words:
- cultured, ersatz, fake, false, man-made, mock, sham, synthetic
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| definition 3: |
not true or sincere; contrived; forced.
The air seemed filled with artificial laughter.Her apology sounded artificial to me.- synonyms:
- affected, contrived, forced, unnatural
- antonyms:
- earthy, natural
- similar words:
- factitious, insincere, mannered, plastic, synthetic
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| related words: |
camp, imitation, mimic, phony, shallow, showy, theatrical |
adverb + (adj.)artificial
totally
(adj.)artificial
+ noun
additive,
aspartame,
atom,
bait,
barrier,
being,
birth,
blood,
boundary,
burrow,
cave,
chemical,
chromosome,
coloring,
constraint,
construct,
contraception,
creation,
deadline,
device,
diet,
disc,
distinction,
donor,
dye,
ecosystem,
enhancement,
environment,
fertilization,
fertilizer,
flavor,
flavoring,
flower,
fly,
fragrance,
gravity,
habitat,
heart,
hip,
horizon,
hormone,
human,
hydration,
illumination,
implant,
ingredient,
insemination,
intelligence,
intuition,
island,
joint,
kidney,
knee,
laboratory,
lake,
leg,
lens,
light,
lighting,
limb,
liver,
lobe,
lung,
lure,
means,
muscle,
nail,
nest,
nigger,
nutrition,
organ,
pioneer,
pond,
preservative,
propagation,
reality,
recharge,
reef,
replacement,
reproduction,
reservoir,
resin,
respiration,
restriction,
retina,
saliva,
satellite,
scent,
selection,
shortage,
sperm,
stimulus,
substitute,
sweetener,
timetable,
tissue,
transplant,
tree,
turf,
valve,
ventilation,
waterfall,
womb
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| derivations: |
artificially (adv.), artificiality (n.) |
The word artificial
contains the following parts:
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
  More about this word part:
This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artifice, artificial, benefactor, beneficent, beneficial, benefit, confect, deficient, disaffect, discomfit, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, fictitious, infect, malefactor, manufacture, orifice, proficient, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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