Synonyms for supernatural
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Preternatural
preternatural, miraculous, unearthly, magical, metaphysical, other-worldly, divine, fey, spiritual, superhuman, ghostly, marvelous US, marvellous UK, weird, transcendental, eerie, aerie US, uncanny, spectral, phantasmal, ghostlike, hyperphysical, irreal, superempirical
Other
transmundane, paranatural, supranatural rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
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.
Near-synonym: paranatural
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Miraculous is more emphatic and specific than supernatural, as referring to the direct personal intervention of divine power.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- magical Ivan told Rima that Walid was a magical therapist.
- miraculous Muslims believe in the miraculous birth of Jesus.
- unearthly The snow on Lulu Island seems eerie and unearthly.
- preternatural She has preternatural powers!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supernatural | rising | |
| magical | rising | |
| miraculous | rising | |
| unearthly | rising | |
| preternatural | rising | |
| transmundane | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fey1
- 5 letters
- weird1, eerie2, aerie2
- 6 letters
- divine2, irreal
- 7 letters
- magical3, uncanny3, ghostly2
- 8 letters
- spectral2
- 9 letters
- spiritual4, marvelous3, unearthly3, ghostlike2
- 10 letters
- miraculous4, marvellous3, superhuman4, phantasmal
- 11 letters
- paranatural
- 12 letters
- metaphysical5, transmundane, supranatural
- 13 letters
- preternatural, hyperphysical
- 14 letters
- transcendental4, superempirical
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eerie2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- surnaturel
- Italiano
- soprannaturale
- Deutsch
- übernatürlich