preternatural

preternatural is a 13-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor.
2. adjective. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature-Aldous Huxley

   "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"

   Synonyms: nonnatural, otherworldly, transcendental

3. adjective. surpassing the ordinary or normal - George Will

   "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"

   "his uncanny sense of direction"

   Synonyms: uncanny

Synonyms

nonnatural, otherworldly, transcendental, uncanny

Common word forms

preternaturally

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