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adj
noun
adj
- Opposite in effect, nature or order.
- (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
- (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
- (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
- (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
- Reverse, opposite in order.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
noun
- (functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
- An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
- (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- (multiplication) One divided by a given number.
- (geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
- The reverse of any procedure or process.
- (logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
- (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
- (mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
- (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
- (addition) The negative of a given number.
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
verb
adv
prep_phrase
adj
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
- Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
- (figurative) Odd and unfamiliar; strange, uncanny, weird.
- Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
adj
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
noun
noun
- A state of nature; conformity to nature.
- (nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
- (philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
- (politics, law) The belief in natural law.
- The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
- (art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism, surrealism, or abstract art, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
- (philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
- (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
adj
- very opposed in nature or character or purpose
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
- in an opposing direction
- Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- exact opposition
- a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
- (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
- (historical) A type of loaded die.
- The opposite.
adv
adj
- unvarying in nature
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
- Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
- (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
- Firm; solid; not fluid.
- Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
- Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
noun
- a quantity that does not vary
- a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
- That which is permanent or invariable.
- (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
- (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
adj
noun
verb
- To be contrary to (something).
- To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
- (reflexive) To say things that conflict with each other.
- To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
- be resistant to
- be in contradiction with
adj
- not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
- Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all.
noun
noun
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- (uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- (informal) Social life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- The most lively component or participant.
- (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- An opportunity for existence.
- (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- A worthwhile existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- (baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A biography.
- Existence.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- a living person
- living things collectively
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- a motive for living
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- the period from the present until death
- the period between birth and the present time
verb
adj
- That is diametrically opposed to something.
- Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- Mutually exclusive.
- That contradicts something, such as an argument.
- That is itself a contradiction.
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- in disagreement
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
noun
adv
noun
- (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
- (dance) A contra dance.
- (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
prep
verb
adj
noun
adj
- in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
- existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
- existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
- unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- being talented through inherited qualities
- functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
- (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
- free from artificiality
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- (dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- (bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
- (bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Uncircumcised; intact.
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
noun
- someone regarded as certain to succeed
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
- (uncountable) An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) One's life.
- (craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
- (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
- (bodybuilding) Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- (chiefly in the plural, slang) A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.
- (music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
adv
adj
- natural and unstudied
- not showing effort or strain
- marked by blithe unconcern
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
- Happening by chance.
- (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
noun
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (UK, historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
verb
- explain with reference to nature
- make more natural or lifelike
- make into a citizen
- adopt to another place
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- (transitive) To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
- (transitive, intransitive) To study nature.
- To make natural.
- (linguistics, transitive) To make (a word) a natural part of the language, using the native homologue of each phoneme (and often for each morpheme) of the imported word (e.g., native inflections).
- (transitive) To acclimatize an animal or plant.
- (transitive) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.
verb
adj
prep
- In a contrary direction to.
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- In exchange for.
- Close to, alongside.
noun
- An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
noun
- A state of nature; conformity to nature.
- (nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
- (philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
- (politics, law) The belief in natural law.
- The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
- (art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism, surrealism, or abstract art, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
- (philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
- (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
noun
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- (uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- (informal) Social life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- The most lively component or participant.
- (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- An opportunity for existence.
- (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- A worthwhile existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- (baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A biography.
- Existence.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- a living person
- living things collectively
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- a motive for living
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- the period from the present until death
- the period between birth and the present time
verb
noun
- An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
verb
- To be contrary to (something).
- To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
- (reflexive) To say things that conflict with each other.
- To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
- be resistant to
- be in contradiction with
verb
- explain with reference to nature
- make more natural or lifelike
- make into a citizen
- adopt to another place
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- (transitive) To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
- (transitive, intransitive) To study nature.
- To make natural.
- (linguistics, transitive) To make (a word) a natural part of the language, using the native homologue of each phoneme (and often for each morpheme) of the imported word (e.g., native inflections).
- (transitive) To acclimatize an animal or plant.
- (transitive) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.
verb
adj
adv
prep_phrase
adv
noun
- (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
- (dance) A contra dance.
- (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
prep
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Opposite in effect, nature or order.
- (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
- (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
- (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
- (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
- Reverse, opposite in order.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
noun
- (functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
- An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
- (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- (multiplication) One divided by a given number.
- (geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
- The reverse of any procedure or process.
- (logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
- (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
- (mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
- (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
- (addition) The negative of a given number.
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
verb
adj
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
- Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
- (figurative) Odd and unfamiliar; strange, uncanny, weird.
- Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
adj
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
noun
adj
- very opposed in nature or character or purpose
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
- in an opposing direction
- Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- exact opposition
- a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
- (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
- (historical) A type of loaded die.
- The opposite.
adv
adj
- unvarying in nature
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
- Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
- (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
- Firm; solid; not fluid.
- Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
- Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
noun
- a quantity that does not vary
- a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
- That which is permanent or invariable.
- (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
- (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
adj
noun
adj
- not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
- Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all.
noun
adj
- That is diametrically opposed to something.
- Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- Mutually exclusive.
- That contradicts something, such as an argument.
- That is itself a contradiction.
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- in disagreement
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
noun
adj
noun
adj
- in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
- existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
- existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
- unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- being talented through inherited qualities
- functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
- (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
- free from artificiality
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- (dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- (bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
- (bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Uncircumcised; intact.
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
noun
- someone regarded as certain to succeed
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
- (uncountable) An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) One's life.
- (craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
- (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
- (bodybuilding) Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- (chiefly in the plural, slang) A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.
- (music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
adv
adj
- natural and unstudied
- not showing effort or strain
- marked by blithe unconcern
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
- Happening by chance.
- (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
noun
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (UK, historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.