born

born

adjective

Definition of BORN

1

being such from birth or by nature <a born artist and largely self-taught, John Singleton Copley was producing accomplished portraits by the time he was in his late teens>

Synonyms born, congenital

Related Words chronic, confirmed, habitual, incorrigible, ingrained (also engrained), inveterate, proper, regular, unreconstructed, unregenerate; constitutional, consummate; elemental, elementary, essential; connate, hereditary, inborn, inherent, innate, intimate, intrinsic, native; instinctual, intuitive

Near Antonyms cultivated, developed, trained; alien, foreign, unnatural

Antonyms nonnatural

2

belonging to a particular place by birth or origin <a born Texan and very proud of it>

Synonyms aboriginal, autochthonous, born, domestic, endemic, indigenous

Related Words local, regional; original

Near Antonyms imported, introduced, transplanted; alien, exotic, foreign, strange; expatriate, immigrant

Antonyms nonindigenous, nonnative