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say it: NACH-ur-uhl
natural is an adjective and noun meaning "in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature". It carries 13 recorded senses.
existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
“a natural pearl”
“natural gas”
“natural silk”
“natural blonde hair”
“a natural sweetener”
“natural fertilizers”
existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
“a perfectly natural explanation”
functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
“it's the natural thing to happen”
“natural immunity”
“a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild”
biology
(of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
“biological child”
“natural parent”
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
“a cat's natural aversion to water”
“offering to help was as instinctive as breathing”
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
“natural yogurt”
“natural produce”
“raw wool”
“raw sugar”
“bales of rude cotton”
being talented through inherited qualities
“a natural leader”
“a born musician”
“an innate talent”
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for natural come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.