Synonyms for nature
ˈneɪ tʃərna·ture

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 19 votes

1. nature

   Character is what one is; reputation, what he is thought to be; his record is the total of his known action or inaction. As a rule, a man's record will substantially express his character; his reputation may be higher or lower than his character or record will justify. Repute is a somewhat formal word, with the same general sense as reputation. One's nature includes all his original endowments or propensities; character includes both natural and acquired traits. We speak of one's physical constitution as strong or weak, etc., and figuratively, always with the adjective, of his mental or moral constitution. Compare CHARACTERISTIC.

   Synonyms:
   character, constitution, disposition, genius, personality, record, reputation, spirit, temper, temperament

   Preposition:
   The witness has a character for veracity; his character is above suspicion; the character of the applicant.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. nature

   Synonyms:
   essence, creation, constitution, structure, disposition, truth, regularity, kind, sort, character, species, affection, naturalness

   Antonyms:
   thing, object, subject, man, being, creature, monstrosity, unnaturalness, art, fiction, romance, invention

Princeton's WordNet

1. naturenoun

   the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

   "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"

2. naturenoun

   a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

   "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"

3. naturenoun

   the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.

   "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"

4. naturenoun

   the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions

   "it is his nature to help others"

5. naturenoun

   a particular type of thing

   "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"

Matched Categories

1. • Causal Agent
   • Quality
   • Trait
   • Type
   • Universe

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   world, creation, universe, system of created things, aggregate of phenomena, world of matter and of mind, sum of causes and effects

2. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   sum total of sensible objects, world of matter

3. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   character, essence, constitution, quality

4. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   kind, sort, species

5. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   temper, disposition, humor, mood, grain

6. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   mind, intelligence, intelligent being

7. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   active principle of the universe, soul of the universe, GOD

8. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   regular course of things, usual or established order of events

9. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   what is natural, conformity with nature, accordance with truth or reality

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. naturenoun

   Synonyms:
   creation, universe, cosmos, world, kind, sort, character, quality, species, disposition, mood, temper, essence, constitution

   Associated words:
   physiography, physiogony, connatural, connaturalness

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1. List of paraphrases for "nature":

   character, natura, kind, type, natural, naturaleza, trait, essence, wild, natuur, sexual, art, wilderness, sort, order

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1. List of known nicknames for "Nature":

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1. Tom Giblin:

   The universe holds so many secrets encoded in very complicated ways, its our job to learn about the nature of reality by coming up with a decoding device a way to extract information from the universe. We use simulations to make predictions about what the universe should look like so that we can actually start decoding it. This reheating period should leave an imprint somewhere in the universe. We just need to find it.

2. Jane Austen, Emma:

   Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

3. Thomas Paine:

   Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'Tis time to part.

4. Rajendra Singh:

   We're doing nothing for nature and our lives are not sustainable.

5. Joseph de Maistre:

   In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence, a kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the creatures to their common doom: as soon as you leave the inanimate kingdom you find the decree of violent death inscribed on the very frontiers of life.