Native

Quick meaning: Native is an adjective meaning Belonging to one by birth.

Meaning

Belonging to one by birth.

More Meanings

1. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
2. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
3. (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
4. (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
5. (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
6. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
7. Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).

Example Sentences

This is my native land.

English is not my native language.

I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…

Thy sentence…robs my tongue from breathing natiue breath.

Word Forms

• natiue
• natyf
• natives

Synonyms for native

Depending on context, synonyms include inborn, innate, aboriginal, autochthonous, indigenous, autochthonal.

Antonyms for native

Common opposites include foreign, naturalized, fremd, allochthonous, exotic, adoptive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include autochthonic, autochthonal, autochthonous, indigenous, native-born, homegrown.

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