supernatural

Meaning

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.
2. Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all.

Noun

1. (countable) A supernatural being
2. (uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural")

Opposite of

ordinary#Adjective, normal#Adjective, typical#Adjective

Synonyms

unearthly

preternatural

celestial

weird

spiritual

transcendental

occult

magical

paranormal

superhuman

divine

superior

supreme

miraculous

unnatural

uncanny

ghost

👻

eerie

ghostly

illusion

miracle

mystic

psychic

soul

spooky

strange

mysteriousness

not human

mystical

nonnatural

magic

🪄

occurrence

odd

intelligent

phantom

ingenious

supernaturalistic

revelation

seraphic

smart

unheimlich

spectral

spirit

immaterial

weirdsome

hinky

heavenly

goblin

superlunary

supernaturalist

Translations

übernatürlich

soprannaturale

surnaturel

sobrenatural

sobrenatural

bovennatuurlijk

sovrannaturale

ultraterreno

υπερφυσικός

überirdisch

sobrenatural

doğaüstü

übersinnlich

divinus

sovranaturale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌs(j)uːpəˈnat͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: supernatural

In summary

From Middle English supernatural, supernaturel, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supernātūrālis, from super (“above”) + nātūra (“nature; that which we are born with”), from nātus (“born”), perfect passive participle of nāscī (“to be born”) + adjective suffix -ālis. By surface analysis, super- + natural.