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100 Other Words for “Artificial”

May 11, 2026

100 Other Words for

No. Term Definition
1. acrylic made from synthetic resin
2. affected not sincere; put on
3. airbrushed smoothed or altered for appearance
4. altered changed from original or natural state
5. assembled put together from parts
6. assumed adopted for appearance, not real
7. bioengineered altered using biotechnology
8. bogus not genuine; fraudulent
9. bootleg illegally made copy
10. built made by assembling parts
11. concocted invented or devised artificially
12. contrived deliberately created; not natural
13. cooked up invented or fabricated
14. copycat imitating another; not original
15. cosmetic for appearance rather than substance
16. counterfeit made as a fraudulent copy
17. decorative added for looks, not necessity
18. designed planned and made for a purpose
19. devised planned and created deliberately
20. disingenuous not sincere; giving false impression
21. doctored altered to mislead or improve
22. dramatic exaggerated for effect
23. edited changed from the original form
24. electronic produced or controlled by electronics
25. embellished made more attractive than reality
26. engineered designed and built by humans
27. ersatz substitute; not genuine
28. exaggerated made larger or stronger than real
29. fabricated made up; not genuine
30. factory-made made in a factory
31. fake not genuine; made to deceive
32. false not true or genuine
33. faux made to look like real
34. feigned pretended; not genuine
35. forced not natural; done with effort
36. generated produced rather than naturally occurring
37. genetically modified genes altered by human intervention
38. GMO genetically modified organism
39. hollow lacking sincerity or meaning
40. homegrown made locally rather than naturally occurring
41. human-engineered engineered by humans, not nature
42. human-made made by people, not nature
43. imitation made to resemble something real
44. inauthentic not genuine or real
45. industrial made by industry or factories
46. inflated made to seem larger than real
47. insincere not genuine in feeling
48. invented created rather than discovered
49. knockoff cheap imitation of a product
50. lab-grown grown under laboratory conditions
51. lab-made made in a laboratory
52. likeness resemblance; not the original
53. look-alike something resembling the real
54. machine-made made by machines, not by hand
55. made up invented; not true
56. make-believe imaginary; not real
57. man-made made by people, not nature
58. manipulated controlled or altered for effect
59. manufactured made in a factory or by process
60. mass-produced made in large quantities
61. mock not real; made as a copy
62. modified changed slightly from original
63. non-genuine not genuine; not authentic
64. non-natural not natural; human-produced
65. nonauthentic not authentic; not original
66. not genuine not authentic or real
67. not the real thing not genuine; an imitation
68. nylon made from synthetic fiber
69. orchestrated carefully arranged to produce effect
70. ornamental decorative; not functional or real
71. overdone excessive; not natural-looking
72. overstated expressed too strongly; not accurate
73. phony not real; insincere
74. photoshopped digitally altered to look different
75. pretend not real; imagined for effect
76. processed altered from its natural state
77. pseudo false; not actually what it seems
78. put-on an act; not sincere
79. reconstituted restored from processed ingredients
80. recreated made again to resemble original
81. refined purified or altered by processing
82. replica exact copy of something
83. reproduced copied from an original
84. retouched edited to improve appearance
85. sham pretending to be real
86. simulated made to look or behave like real
87. spurious not authentic; falsely claimed
88. staged arranged to appear real
89. superficial only on the surface; not real
90. synthetic made by chemical or industrial processes
91. tampered interfered with; altered improperly
92. theatrical showy; like a staged performance
93. unconvincing Not believable; seems fake
94. unnatural not occurring in nature
95. unnaturally made made in an unnatural way
96. unreal Not real; not genuine
97. unrealistic Not true to life
98. untrue Not true; false
99. virtual existing digitally, not physically
100. watered-down made weaker or less intense
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