Meaning & Definition of Natural in English

1. Someone regarded as certain to succeed

• "He's a natural for the job"

2. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

3. (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

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. Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world

• Neither supernatural nor magical

• "A perfectly natural explanation"

4. 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"

5. (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone

• "A natural scale"

• "B natural"

6. Unthinking

• Prompted by (or as if by) instinct

• "A cat's natural aversion to water"

• "Offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

7. (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"

8. Related by blood

• Not adopted

9. Being talented through inherited qualities

• "A natural leader"

• "A born musician"

• "An innate talent"

10. Free from artificiality

• "A lifelike pose"

• "A natural reaction"