contranatural C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape US /ˌkɑntrəˈnætʃərəl/ UK /ˌkɒntrəˈnætʃərəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj contrary to or against the laws of nature The alchemist sought contranatural means to halt aging entirely. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · contrary to or against the... unnaturalsupernaturalpreternaturalabnormalaberrant ↔ Opposites naturalnormal Word family Related forms naturenaturalsupernaturalcontra Etymology AI details A learned formation from Latin contra ('against') + naturalis ('of nature'), from natura ('nature'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born'). contra Latin natura Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Nature & Landscape Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # contranatural **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌkɑntrəˈnætʃərəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒntrəˈnætʃərəl/ ## Meanings 1. contrary to or against the laws of nature ## Examples - The alchemist sought contranatural means to halt aging entirely. ## Synonyms - unnatural - supernatural - preternatural - abnormal - aberrant ## Antonyms - natural - normal ## Related Forms - nature - natural - supernatural - contra ## Roots and Affixes - Root: contra - Root: natura ## Etymology A learned formation from Latin contra ('against') + naturalis ('of nature'), from natura ('nature'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born'). ## AI Etymology Contranatural is a learned formation from Latin contra ('against') + naturalis ('of nature'), from natura ('nature'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born'). The ancestry passes through Latin contra and Latin natura. The prefix contra contributes the sense of opposition or againstness, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as an adjective, it means "contrary to or against the laws of nature", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include nature, natural, supernatural, and contra. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown