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artificial

[ahr-tuh-fish-uhl] / ˌɑr təˈfɪʃ əl /
ADJECTIVE
made by humans; not natural
Synonyms
STRONGEST
man-made synthetic unnatural
STRONG
counterfeit ersatz factitious manufactured
WEAK
faked false imitation mock not genuine plastic simulated substitute
Antonyms
STRONGEST
genuine natural real
STRONG
native
ADJECTIVE
fake; imitation
Synonyms
STRONG
unreal
WEAK
bogus counterfeit ersatz fabricated factitious faked false hyped-up manufactured mock phony plastic sham simulated specious spurious substitute synthetic unnatural
Antonyms
WEAK
genuine natural real unaffected unpretentious
ADJECTIVE
pretended; affected
Synonyms
WEAK
assumed contrived false feigned forced hollow insincere labored mannered meretricious phony put on spurious theatrical unnatural
Antonyms
WEAK
genuine natural real unaffected unpretentious

Example Sentences

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Still, he’s upbeat about Intel’s Xeon server CPUs, as surging interest in those chips driven by agentic artificial intelligence “increasingly seems real,” he said in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

The sector tumbled sharply earlier this year amid concerns around artificial intelligence and the quality of private credit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Okta stock surged Thursday after a Raymond James said the growing use of artificial intelligence agents will be a boon for the software company.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

As so often happens whenever a company mentions the words artificial intelligence, Allbirds’ bottom-trailing stock earned a massive 600 percent boost upon the news.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

Tocks Dam would have held one of the largest artificial reservoirs in the world, with forty miles of water behind it.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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