Artificial

What do we mean by artificial?

Made by humans, especially in imitation of something natural. adjective

Not arising from natural or necessary causes; contrived or arbitrary. adjective

Affected or insincere. adjective

Of or pertaining to art; in accordance with the rules of art; technical.

Contrived with skill or art; artistically done or represented; elaborate.

Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor: opposed to natural: as, artificial heat or light; an artificial magnet.

Made in imitation of or as a substitute for that which is natural or real: as, artificial pearls or diamonds; artificial flowers.

Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; constrained; not genuine or natural: said of things.

Full of affectation; not natural: said of persons.

Artful; subtle; crafty; ingenious.

A production of art. noun

An artificer; an artisan. noun

Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural. adjective

Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine. adjective

Artful; cunning; crafty. adjective

Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth. adjective

Arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. adjective

An arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true natural relations species; as, “the artificial system” in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system. adjective

See under Horizon adjective

Man-made; of artifice.

False, misleading.

Unnatural.

Words that are spelled similarly to artificial:
artificial, artificiel, artifical, carnificial, orificial, inartificial, unartificial, artificio.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word artificial:
insemination, turf, intelligence, neural, reef, robotics, limbs, pitches, computational, grass, lighting, gravity, synthetic, mound, intelligent, pitch, cognitive, reservoir, algorithms, simulation, lake, pond, robot, networks, silk, computing, satellite, laboratory, natural, dam, orbit, computer, surface, breeding, selection, biological, lights, snow, installed, heart, genetic, fly.

Words that rhyme with artificial:
beneficial, superficial, initial, official, judicial, prejudicial, sacrificial, unofficial, mutually beneficial, fishel, federal official, elected official, football official, administrative official, fischel, rishel, bischel, fish hill, fishell, kischell, mischel, pischel, rishell, wish ill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe artificial:
least, french, natural, colby, such, standard, semi, large, little, white, modern, various, beautiful, pink, cognition, patient, part, valuable, spanish, oldest, opprobrious, much, american, weighted, conditioned, mere, synthetic, immense, cardiac, technical, mechanical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective artificial:
intelligence, respiration, light, insemination, means, flowers, lighting, ventilation, networks, selection, teeth, media, heat, conditions, lake, feeding, barriers, systems, silk, language, limbs, heart, kidney, satellites, environment, methods, fertilizers, satellite, sweeteners, lakes, illumination, leg, production, creation, irrigation, boundaries, sources, stone, fly, horizon, limb, islands, network, lights, stimulation, manures, tears, languages, distinctions, eye, product, distinction, devices, anus, aids, dentures, techniques, mound, airway, division, reefs, construction, food, organs, flies, propagation, membranes, aid, variables, separation, sphincter, sweetener, restrictions, island, stimulus, medium, radioactivity, pneumothorax.

Words that sound like artificial:
artificial, artificially, artifical, artificial light, artifices, article, artful, artifice, artificiality, artificer, artifactual, artificial lake, artificialness.