native

Meanings

Plural: natives

Noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
  • "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"
• a person born in a particular place or country
  • "he is a native of Brazil"
• indigenous plants and animals
• A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
• A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
• A native speaker.
• An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.

Adjective

• characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
  • "the native North American sugar maple"
  • "many native artists studied abroad"
• belonging to one by birth
  • "my native land"
  • "one's native language"
• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
  • "native Americans"

Adjective Satellite

• as found in nature in the elemental form
  • "native copper"

Adj

• Belonging to one by birth.
• Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
• Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
• Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
• Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
• Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
• Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
• Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
• Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
• Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Synonyms

aboriginal, aborigine, autochthonal, autochthonous, endemic, homeling, inborn, indigen, indigene, indigenous, inlandish, innate, native

Antonyms

adopted, allochthonous, foreign, fremd, naturalized, nonnative

Related Words

ancient, first, local, native cat, nativisation, nativity, nativization, natural, primitive

Anagrams of native