artificial: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 15 letter points · starts with A · ends with L
Meaning of artificial
adj
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
Example: The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.
Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
Example: Her manner was somewhat artificial.
Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
Source: Wiktionary — artificial.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for artificial.
adjective
contrived by art rather than nature
adjective
artificially formal
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of artificial
A(1) + R(1) + T(1) + I(1) + F(4) + I(1) + C(3) + I(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of artificial
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from artificial
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