native
1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place (Freq. 3)
- the art of the natives of the northwest coast
- the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students
• Syn:
indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
• Derivationally related forms:
aboriginal (for: aboriginal), aboriginal (for: aborigine)
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
Levantine, Mauritian, Filipino, Russian, Seychellois
2. a person born in a particular place or country
- he is a native of Brazil
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
3. indigenous plants and animals
• Hypernyms:
organism, being
1. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin (Freq. 5)
- the native North American sugar maple
- many native artists studied abroad
• Ant:
foreign
• Similar to:
autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous,
domestic, homegrown, native-born
• Derivationally related forms:
nativeness
2. belonging to one by birth (Freq. 2)
- my native land
- one's native language
• Ant:
adopted
• Similar to:
connatural, inborn, inbred
• Derivationally related forms:
nativeness
3. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning (Freq. 1)
- native Americans
- the aboriginal peoples of Australia
• Syn:
aboriginal
• Ant:
nonnative
• Derivationally related forms:
aboriginal (for: aboriginal), aborigine (for: aboriginal), nativeness
4. as found in nature in the elemental form
- native copper
• Similar to:
pure
• Derivationally related forms:
nativeness
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