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Definition of NATIVE

1

belonging to a particular place by birth or origin <though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner>

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

2

being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining <diamonds in their native state are not the bright, flashy gems that one might imagine>

Synonyms native, natural, raw, rude, undressed, unprocessed, unrefined, untreated

Related Words undeveloped; rough-hewn, semifinished, unfinished, unpolished; uncooked; impure, unfiltered

Near Antonyms filtered, pure, purified

Antonyms dressed, processed, refined, treated

3

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing <a native energy and ambition that would allow him to rise above his humble beginnings>

Synonyms built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), innate, integral, intrinsic, native, natural

Related Words basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental; congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior; internal; characteristic, distinctive, peculiar; habitual, inveterate; normal, regular, typical

Near Antonyms alien, foreign; accidental, coincidental, incidental; acquired, adscititious; superficial, surface; exterior, external

Antonyms adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic