nonnatural

1. 1.

   existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

   “find transcendental motives for sublunary action”

   Synonymsotherworldlypreternaturaltranscendental

   Similarsupernatural

Questions about nonnatural

What does nonnatural mean?

nonnatural means "existing outside of or not in accordance with nature".

How many syllables are in nonnatural?

nonnatural has 4 syllables: non-na-tu-ral. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for nonnatural?

Close synonyms include otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonnatural a common word?

nonnatural is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.