preternatural English

Meaning preternatural meaning

What does preternatural mean?

preternatural

— adjective (= uncanny) surpassing the ordinary or normal Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel — George Will his uncanny sense of direction

— adjective (= transcendental) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature find transcendental motives for sublunary action — Aldous Huxley

Synonyms preternatural synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as preternatural?

preternatural English » English

supernatural

unearthly

transcendental

nonnatural

uncanny

paranormal

otherworldly

weird

unexplainable

uncomprehensible

unaccountable

supernaturalistic

supernaturalist

psychic

occult

magical

inenubilable

acataleptic

Topics preternatural topics

What do people use preternatural to talk about?

Grammar General words Thing

Physical, non-physical

• What words describe something that is non-physical?
  disembodied extramundane extrasensory immaterial impalpable incorporeal instinctive intangible intellectual libidinal life mental metaphysical nonphysical nonmaterial numinous otherworldly preternatural psychic psychological rational reasoning spiritual spiritualist subjective supernatural transcendent transcendental unbodied unearthly unseen unworldly