'Preternatural' definitions:
Definition of 'preternatural'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction" [syn: preternatural, uncanny]
adjective
Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley [syn: nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental]
Definition of 'Preternatural'
From: GCIDE
- Preternatural \Pre`ter*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. preter + natural.] Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor. [1913 Webster]
- This vile and preternatural temper of mind. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Supernatural. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preternatural'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- anomalous,
- arcane,
- atypical,
- deviant,
- deviative,
- eerie,
- esoteric,
- extramundane,
- extraterrestrial,
- fey,
- heteroclite,
- hypernormal,
- hyperphysical,
- miraculous,
- mysterious,
- nonnatural,
- numinous,
- occult,
- otherworldly,
- preterhuman,
- preternormal,
- pretersensual,
- psychic,
- spiritual,
- superhuman,
- superior,
- supermundane,
- supernatural,
- supernormal,
- superphysical,
- supersensible,
- supersensual,
- supramundane,
- supranatural,
- transcendental,
- transmundane,
- unearthly,
- unhuman,
- unnatural,
- unrepresentative,
- untypical,
- unworldly