- 1made or produced to copy something natural; not real an artificial limb/flower/sweetener/fertilizer artificial lighting/light
- 2created by people; not happening naturally A job interview is a very artificial situation. the artificial barriers of race, class, and gender
- 3not what it appears to be synonym fake artificial emotion
NAmE//ˌɑrt̮əˌfɪʃiˈælət̮i//
noun [uncountable] NAmE//ˌɑrt̮əˈfɪʃəli//
adverb artificially created lakes artificially low prices Thesaurusartificial- synthetic
- fake
- man-made
- false
- faux
- imitation
- artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:artificial flowers artificial light
- synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals:synthetic drugs shoes made of synthetic material
- fake (sometimes disapproving) made to look like something else; not genuine:a fake designer watch a fake beard a fake-fur jacket
- man-made made by people; not natural:man-made fibers such as nylon a man-made lake
- false (somewhat formal) not natural; not genuine, but made to look real to cheat people:false teeth/eyelashes a suitcase with a false bottom
- faux not natural, but made to look or seem real:chairs covered in faux leopard skin
- imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real:She would never wear imitation pearls.
- artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibers/materials/products
- artificial/synthetic/fake/faux/imitation fur/leather/diamonds/pearls
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