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paranatural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paranat-u-ral
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Above or beyond nature.

adj

Not natural.

noun

A paranormal entity.

Etymology

From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + natural (“of or relating to nature; as expected; reasonable”); compare paranormal, supernatural.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more paranatural (comparative) most paranatural (superlative) paranaturals (plural)

Synonyms

paranormal supernatural

Antonyms

normal natural

Questions

What does paranatural mean?
Above or beyond nature.
Where does paranatural come from?
From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + natural (“of or relating to nature; as expected; reasonable”); compare paranormal, supernatural.

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