artificial
The word “artificial” has 4 syllables: ar-ti-fi-cial
It's pronounced as /ˌɑr.təˈfɪʃ.əl/
What is synonym and antonym for artificial?
In the thesaurus, “artificial” has 134 synonyms and 49 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for artificial along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for artificial
- Janus-faced
- Pecksniffian
- adulterated
- affected
- artful
- assumed
- automatic
- backhanded
- bogus
- brummagem
- calculated
- campy
- canned
- canting
- claptrap
- concocted
- conscious
- contrived
- conventional
- counterfeit
- cultivated
- cultured
- cute
- cutesy
- deceitful
- deceptive
- deliberate
- designer
- devious
- dishonest
- doctored
- double
- double-dealing
- double-faced
- dummy
- empty
- engineered
- ersatz
- exaggerated
- fabricated
- facetious
- facile
- factitious
- fake
- faked
- false
- faux
- feigned
- forced
- forged
- formal
- fraudulent
- fudged
- genteel
- glib
- goody-goody
- histrionic
- hokey
- hollow
- hyped-up
- hypocritical
- imitation
- imitative
- impersonal
- industrial
- inflexible
- insincere
- jive
- jocular
- juggled
- labored
- left-handed
- lip
- man-made
- manipulated
- mannered
- manufactured
- mealy
- mealymouthed
- meaningless
- mechanical
- melodramatic
- meretricious
- mimic
- mincing
- misleading
- mock
- nonnatural
- not genuine
- overacted
- overdone
- overrefined
- pat
- pharisaical
- phony
- phony-baloney
- pinchbeck
- pious
- plastic
- premeditated
- pretend
- pretended
- process
- processed
- pseudo
- put on
- put-on
- refined
- rigid
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- sham
- simon-pure
- simpering
- simulated
- specious
- spurious
- stiff
- strained
- studied
- stylized
- substitute
- superficial
- synthetic
- theatrical
- tongue-in-cheek
- two-faced
- unauthentic
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreal
- unrealistic
- untruthful
- wooden
Antonyms for artificial
- artless
- authentic
- bona fide
- candid
- crude
- direct
- easy
- effortless
- extemporaneous
- forthright
- frank
- genuine
- heart-to-heart
- heartfelt
- honest
- impromptu
- impulsive
- ingenuous
- instinctive
- legitimate
- native
- natural
- open
- plain
- premium
- pure
- quality
- raw
- real
- realistic
- right
- sincere
- smooth
- spontaneous
- straightforward
- true
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unconscious
- uncontrived
- undesigning
- unfeigned
- unforced
- unpretending
- unpretentious
- unprompted
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- valuable
Meanings of artificial
- adjective
- Man-made; of artifice.
- False, misleading.
- Unnatural.
Example Sentences
- The flowers looked real, but they were actually artificial.
- The room was lit by artificial light instead of sunlight.
- The intelligence displayed by the robot seemed artificial yet impressive.
- He disliked the artificial sweetness of the drink.
- The lake is artificial, created by a large dam.
On this page you'll find 183 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to artificial, such as: Janus-faced, Pecksniffian, adulterated, affected, artful, artless, assumed.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
backhanded
- Janus-faced
- Pecksniffian
- affected
- ambiguous
- artificial
- assumed
- bogus
- campy
- canting
- claptrap
- contrived
- counterfeit
- deceitful
- devious
- dishonest
- double
- double-dealing
- double-edged
- double-faced
- empty
- equivocal
- facetious
- facile
- fake
- false
- feigned
- forced
- glib
- hollow
- hypocritical
- insincere
- jive
- jocular
- left-handed
- lip
- mealy
- mealymouthed
- meaningless
- mechanical
- pharisaical
- phoney
- phoney-baloney
- phony
- phony-baloney
- pious
- pretended
- put-on
- sanctimonious
- sarcastic
- sardonic
- self-righteous
- sham
- simon-pure
- simulated
- strained
- superficial
- tongue-in-cheek
- two-edged
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- untruthful
fabricated
- a bit thick
- abstract
- ad-libbed
- affected
- allegorical
- amplified
- artificial
- assembled
- assumed
- baseless
- began
- beguiled
- bogus
- bouncing
- built
- bum
- came up with
- caricatural
- carpentered
- chimeric
- chimerical
- coined
- combined
- complete
- completed
- conceived
- concocted
- confected
- constituted
- constructed
- contrived
- counterfeit
- cozened
- crafted
- created
- cultivated
- daydreamed
- deceived
- deceptive
- defamed
- deluded
- designed
- devised
- dissembled
- dissimulated
- distorted
- done
- dreamed
- dreamt
- drummed up
- duped
- embroidered
- envisaged
- envisioned
- equivocated
- erected
- ersatz
- established
- exalted
- excessive
- excogitated
- extemporized
- extravagant
- fabled
- fabulous
- factitious
- faked
- fallacious
- false
- falsified
- famed
- fanciful
- fantasized
- fantastic
- fantastical
- farfetched
- fashioned
- fathered
- faux
- fibbed
- fictional
- fictitious
- fooled
- foreswore
- forged
- formed
- forswore
- foundationless
- founded
- framed
- fraudulent
- fudged
- garbled
- generated
- gratuitous
- groundless
- gulled
- hammered
- hammy
- handcrafted
- hatched
- hewed
- highly colored
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hoaxed
- hoodwinked
- hyperbolic
- idle
- illogical
- imaginary
- imagined
- imitation
- impossible
- improvised
- inaugurated
- industrial
- inflated
- initiated
- innovated
- instituted
- invented
- jerry-built
- kidded
- knocked out
- legendary
- libeled
- libelled
- lied
- machined
- made
- made up
- made-up
- magnified
- make believe
- make-believe
- man-made
- manufactured
- mass-produced
- mechanical
- melodramatic
- mendacious
- minted
- misguided
- misinformed
- misleading
- misled
- misreported
- misrepresented
- misstated
- mock
- molded
- mythic
- mythical
- mythologic
- mythological
- nonnatural
- not genuine
- off-base
- organized
- originated
- out of proportion
- overblown
- overdone
- overestimated
- overkill
- overwrought
- paltered
- perjured
- phony
- pictured
- pieced
- plastic
- prefabricated
- prepared
- preposterous
- pretend
- pretended
- pretentious
- prevaricated
- processed
- produced
- pseudo
- put together
- put up
- raised
- reared
- reassembled
- rebuilt
- reconstructed
- redeveloped
- reedified
- refashioned
- refined
- remade
- remanufactured
- reproduction
- retrofit
- retrofitted
- romanticized
- schmaltzy
- semilegendary
- sensational
- set up
- sham
- shaped
- simulated
- slandered
- snowed
- specious
- spectacular
- spurious
- steep
- storied
- strained
- structured
- stylized
- substitute
- synthetic
- tall
- threw up
- too much
- too-too
- took in
- tooled
- traduced
- tricked
- trumped up
- trumped-up
- uncalled-for
- united
- unjustified
- unnatural
- unproven
- unreal
- unrealistic
- unsubstantiated
- untrue
- untruthful
- unwarranted
- vain
- visioned
- visualized
- without basis
- without foundation
factitious
- adulterated
- affected
- artful
- artificial
- assumed
- automatic
- bogus
- brummagem
- calculated
- canned
- concocted
- conscious
- contrived
- conventional
- counterfeit
- cultivated
- cultured
- cute
- cutesy
- deceptive
- deliberate
- designer
- doctored
- double-dealing
- dummy
- empty
- engineered
- ersatz
- exaggerated
- fabricated
- facile
- fake
- false
- faux
- feigned
- forced
- forged
- formal
- fraudulent
- fudged
- genteel
- goody-goody
- histrionic
- hokey
- hollow
- hypocritical
- imitation
- imitative
- impersonal
- inflexible
- insincere
- juggled
- labored
- left-handed
- man-made
- manipulated
- manufactured
- mealy
- mealymouthed
- mechanical
- melodramatic
- mimic
- mincing
- misleading
- mock
- overacted
- overdone
- overrefined
- pat
- phoney
- phony
- pinchbeck
- plastic
- premeditated
- pretend
- pretended
- process
- pseudo
- put-on
- rigid
- sham
- simpering
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- strained
- studied
- stylized
- substitute
- synthetic
- theatric
- theatrical
- two-faced
- unauthentic
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreal
- unrealistic
- wooden
hagiographic
- abundant
- adulatory
- artificial
- backhanded
- cloying
- copious
- demonstrative
- disarming
- drooling
- effusive
- endearing
- extravagant
- feigned
- fulsome
- gushing
- gushy
- hypocritical
- ingratiating
- insincere
- lavish
- left-handed
- mealymouthed
- mushy
- oily
- oleaginous
- profuse
- sanctimonious
- sickening
- slavering
- slobbering
- soapy
- two-faced
- unctuous
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- winning
- winsome
hagiographical
- abundant
- adulatory
- artificial
- backhanded
- cloying
- copious
- demonstrative
- disarming
- drooling
- effusive
- endearing
- extravagant
- feigned
- fulsome
- gushing
- gushy
- hypocritical
- ingratiating
- insincere
- lavish
- left-handed
- mealymouthed
- mushy
- oily
- oleaginous
- profuse
- sanctimonious
- sickening
- slavering
- slobbering
- soapy
- two-faced
- unctuous
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- winning
- winsome