natural Definition

natural
adj

1. Normal; unsurprising.

Thesaurus: normal, typical, characteristic, usual, habitual, customary, familiar, common, prevalent, general, uniform, constant; Antonym: unknown, unexpected.
2. Instinctive; not learnt.
3. Born in one; innate.

Example: a natural talent
Thesaurus: intrinsic, original, essential, fundamental, inborn, inherent, congenital, essential, innate, incarnate, indigenous, instinctive, intuitive; Antonym: foreign, alien, acquired.
4. Being such because of inborn qualities.

Example: Christian is a natural communicator
5. Said of manner, etc: simple, easy and direct; not artificial.

Thesaurus: ingenuous, artless, candid, frank, genuine, simple, innocent, spontaneous, impulsive, uncontrolled, involuntary, childlike, unaffected, forthright, sincere, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated; Antonym: affected, pretentious.
6. Said of looks: not, or apparently not, improved on artificially.
7. Relating to nature, or to parts of the physical world not made or altered by man.

Example: natural sciences
Example: areas of natural beauty
8. Following the normal course of nature.

Example: died a natural death
9. Said of materials, products, etc: derived from plants and animals as opposed to man-made.

Example: natural fibres
10. Wild; uncultivated or uncivilized.
11. Related to one by blood.

Example: one's natural parents
12. euphemistic
See illegitimate.
Example: his natural son
13. music.
Not sharp or flat.

noun

1. colloq
Someone with an inborn feel for something.
Example: She's a natural when it comes to acting
2. A person or thing that is the obvious choice for something.
3. Someone or something that is assured of success; a certainty.
4a. music.
A sign (♮) indicating a note that is not to be played sharp or flat;
4b. music.
Such a note.

Derivative: naturalness
noun

A natural state or quality; being natural.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin naturalis from natura nature.