supernatural

supernatural
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. miraculous, preternatural; abnormal, unearthly, superhuman, occult. See demon, universe.Ant., earthly, worldly.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Divine]
Syn. celestial, godlike, almighty, spiritual, otherworldly, holy; see also divine 1 .
2. [Preternatural]
Syn. superhuman, spectral, ghostly, occult, paranormal, hidden, mysterious, secret, unknown, unrevealed, dark, mystic, mythical, mythological, fabulous, legendary, misty, unintelligible, unfathomable, unearthly, inscrutable, incomprehensible, undiscernible, transcendental, metempiric, psychic, obscure, unknowable, impenetrable, invisible, concealed.
Ant. natural*, plain, common.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
superhuman, otherworldly, unearthly, not of this world, out of this world, supranatural, metaphysical, transcendental, spiritual, paranormal, occult, psychic, heavenly, divine, breaking the laws ofnature, miraculous, ghostly, mysterious, unfathomable, incomprehensible.
ANT.: mundane, earthly, natural, normal
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world: extramundane, extrasensory, metaphysical, miraculous, preternatural, superhuman, super-physical, supersensible, transcendental, unearthly. See SUPERNATURAL. 2. Greatly exceeding or departing from the normal course of nature: preternatural, unnatural. See USUAL.

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