1. Existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
   "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"
    
2. In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
   "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"
    
3. Free from artificiality
   "a natural reaction";
   - lifelike
    
4. Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
   "a perfectly natural explanation"
    
5. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
   "natural yogurt";
   - raw, rude
    
6. (biology) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
   "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"
    
7. (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
   "natural parent";
   - biological
    
8. Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
   "a cat's natural aversion to water";
   - instinctive, instinctual, gut
    
9. Being talented through inherited qualities
   "a natural leader";
   - born, innate
    
10. (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
    "a natural scale"; "B natural"

1. Someone regarded as certain to succeed
   "he's a natural for the job"
    
2. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
   "The musician added a cancel before the note to return it to its natural state";
   - cancel [N. Amer]
    
3. (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
   "He threw a natural on his first roll and won the pot"

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: artificial, flat, sharp, supernatural, unnatural

Encyclopedia: Natural, Everyday Degradation