artificial

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. handmade, handcrafted, synthetic; false, sham, fake, deceptive; affected, unnatural. See affectation, deception, production, inelegance. Ant., real, genuine.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [ Said of things ]

Syn. synthetic, unreal, counterfeit, spurious, ersatz, fake, manufactured, man-made, imitation, mock, simulated, substitute, false, sham, fabricated, contrived, unnatural, plastic, pseudo, bogus, fictitious, make-believe, phony*; see also false 3 .

Ant. natural, genuine*, real.

2. [ Said of conduct ]

Syn. mannered, unnatural, feigned; see affected 2 , 3 .

Syn.- artificial is applied to anything made by human work, esp. if in imitation of something natural [artificial hair ] ; synthetic is applied to a substance that is produced by chemical synthesis and is used as a substitute for a natural substance which it resembles [synthetic dyes ] ; ersatz , which refers to an artificial substitute, always implies an inferior substance [ersatz coffee made from chicory ] ; counterfeit and spurious are applied to a careful imitation deliberately intended to deceive [counterfeit money, a spurious signature ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. unnatural man-made, synthetic, fake, ersatz, counterfeit, imitation, manufactured, *bogus.

2. affected mannered, forced, phony, unnatural, theatrical, feigned, *put on, pretentious, contrived.

ANT.: 1. natural, organic, authentic. 2. sincere, genuine, real

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Made by human beings instead of nature: manmade, manufactured, synthetic. See CULTURE. 2. Made to imitate something else: imitation, manmade, mock, simulated, synthetic. Informal: pretend. See REAL. 3. Not genuine or sincere: affected, feigned, insincere, phony, pretended. See TRUE. 4. Artificially genteel: affected, mannered, precious. Informal: la-di-da. See GOOD, HONEST, PLAIN, TRUE. 5. Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads: factitious, plastic, synthetic, unnatural. See HONEST.