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The Meaning of native

  • (a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.
  • (a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.
  • (a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
  • (a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
  • (a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
  • (a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
  • (a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.
  • (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

Synonyms

indigen , indigene , aborigine , aboriginal , native Australian , primaeval , primordial , primal , primeval , inherent , congenital , indispensable , innate , essential , indwelling , inseparable , natural , immanent , infixed , internal , subjective , inborn , ingrained , intrinsic , inbred , inhering , inwrought , autochthonal , autochthonic , autochthonous , endemic , indigenous , domestic , homegrown , native-born

Antonyms

adventive , strange , foreign , impure , nonnative , naturalized , unconnected , superfluous , transient , external , incidental , superadded , superimposed , outward , superficial , supplemental , casual , fortuitous , subsidiary , unnaturalised , adopted , unnaturalized , imported , accidental , extrinsic , adoptive , alien , exotic , tramontane , established , foreign-born

Rhymes

accommodative , accumulative , administrative , alliterative , appreciative , authoritative , collaborative , commemorative , cooperative , creative , dative , deliberative , facultative , imitative , innovative , investigative , iterative , legislative , manipulative , nonnative , probative , prognosticative , qualitative , quantitative , regulative , rehabilitative , stative , stimulative , vegetative