SUPERNATURAL

supernatural

(adjective) not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; “supernatural forces and occurrences and beings”

supernatural, occult

(noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; “She doesn’t believe in the supernatural”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

supernatural (comparative more supernatural, superlative most supernatural)

Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with.

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

Synonyms

• extraordinary, paranormal, preternatural, supranatural, unnatural

Antonyms

• ordinary

• natural

Noun

supernatural (plural supernaturals)

(countable) A supernatural being

(uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural")

Source: Wiktionary

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Su`per*nat"u*ral, a. Etym: [Pref. super- + natural: cf. OF. supernaturel, F. surnaturel.]

Definition: Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

Syn.

– Preternatural.

– Supernatural, Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the ordinary course of things is preternatural; what is above or beyond the established laws of the universe is supernatural. The dark day which terrified all Europe nearly a century ago was preternatural; the resurrection of the dead is supernatural. "That form which the earth is under at present is preternatural, like a statue made and broken again." T. Burnet. "Cures wrought by medicines are natural operations; but the miraculous ones wrought by Christ and his apostles were supernatural." Boyle. That is supernatural, whether it be, that is either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and effect in nature, from without the chain. Bushnell. We must not view creation as supernatural, but we do look upon it as miraculous. McCosh. The supernatural, whatever is above and beyond the scope, or the established course, of the laws of nature. "Nature and the supernatural." H. Bushnell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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