artifact

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: artefact, artifice, artifacts, antefact, artilect, antifat, antiface

Antonyms: artefact, artifice, artifacts, antefact, artilect, antifat, antiface

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. An [[object#Noun|object]] [[make#Verb|made]] or [[shape#Verb|shaped]] by [[human]] [[hand#Noun|hand]] or [[labor#Noun|labor]].
2. An object made or shaped by some [[agent]] or [[intelligence]], not necessarily of direct human [[origin]].
3. Something [[view#Verb|viewed]] as a [[product]] of human [[agency]] or [[conception]] rather than an [[inherent]] [[element]].
4. A [[finding#Noun|finding]] or [[structure]] in an [[experiment#Noun|experiment]] or [[investigation]] that is not a true [[feature#Noun|feature]] of the object under [[observation]], but is a result of [[external]] [[action]], the [[test#Noun|test]] [[arrangement]], or an [[experimental]] [[error]].
5. {{lb|en|archaeology}} An object, such as a [[tool#Noun|tool]], [[ornament#Noun|ornament]], or [[weapon]] of [[archaeological]] or [[historical]] [[interest#Noun|interest]], especially such an object found at an archaeological [[excavation]].
6. {{lb|en|software engineering}} {{ellipsis of|en|build artifact}}.
7. {{lb|en|museology}} Any object in the [[collection]] of a [[museum]]. May be used ''[[sensu stricto]]'' only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.