Synonyms: artificial, hokey, stilted, contrived
Definition: artificially formal
Usage: that artificial humility that her husband hated; contrived coyness; a stilted letter of acknowledgment; when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
Similar words: affected, unnatural
Definition: speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
Synonyms: unreal, artificial
Definition: contrived by art rather than nature
Usage: artificial flowers; artificial flavoring; an artificial diamond; artificial fibers; artificial sweeteners
Similar words: arranged, staged
Definition: deliberately arranged for effect
Usage: one of those artfully staged photographs
Similar words: bionic
Definition: having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components
Similar words: bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
Definition: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
Usage: a bleached blonde
Similar words: cardboard, unlifelike
Definition: without substance
Usage: cardboard caricatures of historical figures
Similar words: synthetic, celluloid
Definition: artificial as if portrayed in a film
Usage: a novel with flat celluloid characters
Similar words: stylised, stylized, conventionalised, conventionalized
Definition: using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
Usage: a stylized mode of theater production
Similar words: dummy
Definition: having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
Usage: a dummy corporation
Similar words: substitute, ersatz
Definition: artificial and inferior
Usage: ersatz coffee; substitute coffee
Similar words: factitious
Definition: not produced by natural forces
Usage: brokers created a factitious demand for stocks
Similar words: fake, false, faux, simulated, imitation
Definition: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Usage: it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur; faux pearls; false teeth; decorated with imitation palm leaves; a purse of simulated alligator hide
Similar words: semisynthetic, synthetic, man-made
Definition: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
Usage: man-made fibers; synthetic leather
Similar words: near
Definition: closely resembling the genuine article
Usage: near beer; a dress of near satin
Similar words: painted
Definition: lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting
Usage: in public he wore a painted smile
Synonyms: artificial
Definition: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
Similar words: inorganic
Definition: lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms