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1. In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
   "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"
    
2. 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"
    
3. (biology) 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"
    
4. Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
   "a cat's natural aversion to water";
   - instinctive, instinctual, gut
    
5. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
   "natural yogurt";
   - raw, rude
    
6. Being talented through inherited qualities
   "a natural leader";
   - born, innate
    
7. Free from artificiality
   "a natural reaction";
   - lifelike
    
8. Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
   "a perfectly natural explanation"
    
9. (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
   "a natural scale"; "B natural"
    
10. (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
    "natural parent";
    - biological

1. Someone regarded as certain to succeed
   "he's a natural for the job"
    
2. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
   - cancel
    
3. (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

Derived forms: naturals

See also: begotten [archaic], earthy, intelligent, naturalness, normal, physical, self-generated, spontaneous, unaffected, unbleached, uncolored [US], uncoloured [Brit, Cdn], undyed, unprocessed

Type of: achiever, cast, musical notation, roll, succeeder, success, winner

Antonym: flat, sharp, supernatural, unnatural, unreal

Encyclopedia: Natural, Everyday Degradation