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man-made

The word “man-made” has 2 syllables: man-made

It's pronounced as /ˈmænˌmeɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for man-made?

In the thesaurus, “man-made” has 53 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for man-made along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for man-made

Antonyms for man-made

Meanings of man-made

  • adjective
    1. Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.

Example Sentences

  • The island was actually a man-made structure built for tourism.
  • Scientists studied the effects of man-made chemicals on the environment.
  • The reservoir is a man-made source of water for the city.
  • She preferred natural fabrics over man-made ones.
  • The disaster was not natural—it was entirely man-made.

On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to man-made, such as: adulterated, affected, artificial, authentic, bogus, bona fide, brummagem.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fabricated

  • a bit thick
  • abstract
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  • affected
  • allegorical
  • amplified
  • artificial
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  • assumed
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  • bouncing
  • built
  • bum
  • came up with
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  • chimeric
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  • coined
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  • equivocated
  • erected
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  • established
  • exalted
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  • fashioned
  • fathered
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  • forged
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  • foundationless
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  • fraudulent
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  • garbled
  • generated
  • gratuitous
  • groundless
  • gulled
  • hammered
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  • handcrafted
  • hatched
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  • highly colored
  • histrionic
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  • hoaxed
  • hoodwinked
  • hyperbolic
  • idle
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  • imitation
  • impossible
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  • inaugurated
  • industrial
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  • lied
  • machined
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  • magnified
  • make believe
  • make-believe
  • man-made
  • manufactured
  • mass-produced
  • mechanical
  • melodramatic
  • mendacious
  • minted
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  • misleading
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  • mythic
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  • nonnatural
  • not genuine
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  • organized
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  • overblown
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  • paltered
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  • prefabricated
  • prepared
  • preposterous
  • pretend
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  • processed
  • produced
  • pseudo
  • put together
  • put up
  • raised
  • reared
  • reassembled
  • rebuilt
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  • reedified
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  • refined
  • remade
  • remanufactured
  • reproduction
  • retrofit
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  • romanticized
  • schmaltzy
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  • sensational
  • set up
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  • tall
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  • uncalled-for
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  • unsubstantiated
  • untrue
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  • visualized
  • without basis
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factitious

  • adulterated
  • affected
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  • brummagem
  • calculated
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  • conscious
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  • cultivated
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  • cute
  • cutesy
  • deceptive
  • deliberate
  • designer
  • doctored
  • double-dealing
  • dummy
  • empty
  • engineered
  • ersatz
  • exaggerated
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  • facile
  • fake
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  • 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
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  • overacted
  • overdone
  • overrefined
  • pat
  • phoney
  • phony
  • pinchbeck
  • plastic
  • premeditated
  • pretend
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  • process
  • pseudo
  • put-on
  • rigid
  • sham
  • simpering
  • simulated
  • spurious
  • stiff
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  • studied
  • stylized
  • substitute
  • synthetic
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • two-faced
  • unauthentic
  • unctuous
  • unnatural
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • wooden

fake

queer

unauthentic

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