noun
someone regarded as certain to succeed
Examples
- he's a natural for the job
noun
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Synonyms
noun
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
adjective
in accordance with nature
Examples
- relating to or concerning nature
- a very natural development
- our natural environment
- natural science
- natural resources
- natural cliffs
- natural phenomena
adjective
existing in or produced by nature
Examples
- not artificial or imitation
- a natural pearl
- natural gas
- natural silk
- natural blonde hair
- a natural sweetener
- natural fertilizers
adjective
existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world
Examples
- neither supernatural nor magical
- a perfectly natural explanation
adjective
functioning or occurring in a normal way
Examples
- lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- it's the natural thing to happen
- natural immunity
- a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
adjective
(of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
Examples
- a natural scale
- B natural
adjective
(of a parent or child) related by blood
Synonyms
Examples
- genetically related
- biological child
- natural parent
adjective
unthinking
Synonyms
Examples
- prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- a cat's natural aversion to water
- offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
adjective
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Synonyms
raw(a)
rude(a)
Examples
- natural yogurt
- natural produce
- raw wool
- raw sugar
- bales of rude cotton
adjective
being talented through inherited qualities
Synonyms
born(p)
innate(p)
Examples
- a natural leader
- a born musician
- an innate talent
adjective
free from artificiality
Synonyms
Examples
- a lifelike pose
- a natural reaction