extranatural
- adjective
- He showed an extranatural ability to solve complex problems quickly.
Examples
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The athlete's extranatural endurance impressed everyone at the competition.
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Her talent for painting is truly extranatural.
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Her extranatural memory allowed her to recall every detail from years ago.
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Wow, that was extranatural!
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The athlete's extranatural endurance allowed him to run a marathon without tiring.
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Her extranatural ability to learn languages quickly amazed her teachers.
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With an extranatural intuition for music, she could play any song by ear.
Synonyms
Very unusual or much greater than usual
Not usual and different from what people expect
Far beyond normal limits in experience, knowledge, or quality
A child whose thinking or physical ability is much different from most children
Very large or impressive in a way that surprises people
Very unusual in a way that seems beyond what is natural
Much more than what is usual or expected
A person who is very good at one job or skill and stands out
Something that is not normal and acts in an unexpected way
Antonyms
How Exceptional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the second meaning of extranatural is to see extra- as 'more than' and natural as 'normal', so it describes something unusually great or beyond the normal level rather than truly supernatural.