Synonyms for supernatural

Synonyms for (noun) supernatural

Synonyms: occult, supernatural

Definition: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

Usage: She doesn't believe in the supernatural

Similar words: causal agency, causal agent, cause

Definition: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results


Synonyms for (adj) supernatural

Synonyms: supernatural

Definition: not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material

Usage: supernatural forces and occurrences and beings

Similar words: phantasmal, apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, spiritual, spectral

Definition: resembling or characteristic of a phantom

Usage: a ghostly face at the window; a phantasmal presence in the room; spectral emanations; spiritual tappings at a seance


Similar words: eerie

Definition: suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

Usage: an eerie feeling of deja vu


Similar words: eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly

Definition: suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

Usage: an eldritch screech; the three weird sisters; stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures- John Galsworthy; an unearthly light; he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din- Henry Kingsley


Similar words: elfin, fey

Definition: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

Usage: thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning; the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday- John Mason Brown


Similar words: witching, wizard, wizardly, sorcerous, charming, magic, magical

Definition: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

Usage: charming incantations; magic signs that protect against adverse influence; a magical spell; 'tis now the very witching time of night- Shakespeare; wizard wands; wizardly powers


Similar words: marvellous, marvelous, miraculous

Definition: being or having the character of a miracle


Similar words: metaphysical

Definition: without material form or substance

Usage: metaphysical forces


Similar words: necromantic

Definition: given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead

Usage: a necromantic sorcerer; necromantic delusions; necromantic powders and other weird objects


Similar words: nonnatural, otherworldly, transcendental, preternatural

Definition: existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

Usage: find transcendental motives for sublunary action-Aldous Huxley


Similar words: talismanic

Definition: possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power

Usage: a talismanic amulet


Similar words: transmundane

Definition: existing or extending beyond the physical world

Usage: whatever of transmundane...insight...we may carry- William James


Similar words: witchlike

Definition: being or having the character of witchcraft


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