Native Synonyms and Antonyms

nātĭv
Possessed at birth
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. congenital
  2. hereditary
  3. inborn
  4. inherited
  5. innate
Antonyms:
  1. adopted
  2. foreign
Originating in or characteristic of a region
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. indigenous
  2. regional
  3. aboriginal
  4. congenital
  5. autochthonal
  6. autochthonous
  7. endemic
  8. domestic
  9. inborn
  10. original
  11. inbred
  12. local
  13. primitive
  14. inherent
  15. vernacular
  16. innate
  17. natal
  18. mother
  19. natural
  20. built-in
  21. native-born
  22. belonging
  23. connatural
  24. coming from
  25. constitutional
  26. elemental
  27. primary
  28. autochthonic
  29. primeval
  30. demotic
  31. edaphic
  32. indwelling
  33. found locally
  34. enchorial
  35. ingrained
  36. homegrown
  37. genuine
  38. by birth
  39. intrinsic
Antonyms:
  1. imported
  2. brought in
  3. transplanted
  4. foreign
Of, from, or within a country's own territory
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. domestic
  2. home
  3. internal
  4. national
Natural
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. innate
  2. inherent
  3. crude
  4. inborn
  5. implanted
  6. inbred
  7. ingrained
  8. inwrought
  9. raw
  10. congenital
  11. fundamental
  12. hereditary
  13. inherited
  14. essential
  15. unprocessed
  16. constitutional
  17. adopt a different way of life
  18. live simply
  19. vegetate
  20. unrefined
Antonyms:
  1. foreign
  2. unnatural
  3. acquired
  4. artificial
  5. assumed
  6. exotic
  7. alien
  8. outside
  9. learned
  10. imported
  11. brought in
  12. transplanted
In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. wild
  2. natural
  3. rough
  4. uncultivated
  5. undomesticated
  6. untamed

Words Related to Native

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Native Sentence Examples

  • I wanted to put native wildlife on it.

  • It was a closer view of my native town.

  • The native costumes also vary considerably.

  • The peccary is the only native wild pig in the United States.

  • He began to read, stumbling over the words after years without reading his native tongue.

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