english
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artificial
not real or natural, but made to look or work like something real or natural:
• artificial flowers • He was given an artificial heart.
synthetic
made using chemical processes rather than by natural processes:
• synthetic fabrics • a synthetic version of the drug
man-made
made by people – used especially about geographical features and materials:
• a man-made lake • man-made fibres
fake
made to look or seem like something else, especially in order to deceive people:
• a fake passport • fake fur
imitation
made to look like something, but not real – used especially about guns, jewellery, and leather:
• imitation firearms • imitation pearls
false
artificial – used especially about teeth, eyelashes , and beards:
• a set of false teeth
simulated
not real, but made to look, sound, or feel real, especially by means of special computers or machines:
• a simulated space flight
virtual
made, done, seen etc on a computer, rather than in the real world:
• a virtual tour of the garden
Longman-Thesaurus
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artificial
nouns
artificial light/lighting
• Energy is being wasted by using artificial lighting when daylight is adequate.
artificial sweeteners
(= used to make food or drink taste sweeter )
• Diet drinks contain artificial sweeteners like saccharin.
artificial colours
(= used in food )
• I try to buy food that is free from artificial colours.
artificial flavours
• Ice cream often has artificial flavours in it.
artificial additives
(= used to give food more colour or taste )
• Artificial additives such as colourings, sweeteners and flavour enhancers aren’t permitted in baby foods.
artificial preservatives
(= used to preserve food )
• This jam has no artificial preservatives.
artificial flowers
• a vase of stiff-looking artificial flowers
an artificial environment
• Animals hate being confined in an artificial environment.
artificial grass
• artificial grass tennis courts
artificial snow
• Some ski resorts use huge amounts of artificial snow.
an artificial pitch
British English
• The club is building a new artificial training pitch at its sports ground.
transnet.ir
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adj.
fake:
The artificial flowers looked fake.
Simple Definitions
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adj. VERBS be, look, seem ADV. highly, very | completely, entirely, totally | increasingly | a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | patently a patently artificial contrivance
Oxford Collocations Dictionary