PRETERNATURAL Synonyms

• far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

• surpassing what is common or usual or expected

• deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence

• beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special

• far more than usual or expected

• (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials

• incapable of being explained or accounted for

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

• supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

• existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

• of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

• existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

• deviating from the general or common order or type

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

• inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening

• incapable of being atoned for

• not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

• recurring only at long intervals

• not widely distributed

• having low density

• marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

• (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

• unusual or striking

• worthy of attention

• above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance

• not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations

• not wise in the ways of the world

• not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

• departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development

• much greater than the normal

• seemingly outside normal sensory channels

• not in accordance with scientific laws

• not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature

• not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

• speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

• existing outside of or not in accordance with nature