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aboriginal

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of aboriginal

belonging to a particular place by birth or origin

  • the aboriginal peoples of northern Alaska are known as Inupiats, which in their language literally means "real people"
Synonyms of aboriginal

autochthonous, born, domestic, endemic, indigenous, native
Words Related to aboriginal

local, regional

original
Near Antonyms of aboriginal

imported, introduced, transplanted

alien, exotic, foreign, strange

expatriate, immigrant
Antonyms of aboriginal

nonindigenous, nonnative

Synonym Discussion of aboriginal

native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal mean belonging to a locality. native implies birth or origin in a place or region and may suggest compatibility with it.
    • native tribal customs
indigenous applies to that which is not only native but which, as far as can be determined, has never been introduced or brought from elsewhere.
    • indigenous plants
endemic implies being peculiar to a region.
    • a disease endemic in Africa
aboriginal implies having no known others preceding in occupancy of a particular region.
    • the aboriginal peoples of Australia

aboriginal

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of aboriginal

a member of the first people to inhabit a region

  • they still speak the language of the region's aboriginals
Synonyms of aboriginal

aborigine, autochthon, indigene (also indigen), native
Near Antonyms of aboriginal

alien, foreigner
Antonyms of aboriginal

nonnative

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