artificial

artificial is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
2. adjective. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
3. adjective. Artful; cunning; crafty.
4. adjective. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
5. adjective. artificially formal

   "that artificial humility that her husband hated"

   "contrived coyness"

   Synonyms: contrived, hokey, stilted

6. adjective. contrived by art rather than nature

   "artificial flowers"

   "artificial flavoring"

   Synonyms: unreal

7. adjective. not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

Synonyms

contrived, hokey, stilted, unreal

Common word forms

artificially, artificiality, artificialize, artificialness

Words from these letters

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