native

English Dictionary -> Letter N -> native

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native Definition

• (a) being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
• (a) belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one''s native language"
• (a) being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
• (n) a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person
• (s) as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
• (s) normally existing at birth; "mankind''s connatural sense of the good"

native Synonyms

• aboriginal
• connatural
• inborn
• inbred
• indigen
• indigene
• native