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built-in

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of built-in

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

a poker player with a seemingly built-in ability to read his opponents' faces

Synonyms of built-in

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

Words Related to built-in

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with built-in

in one's blood

Near Antonyms of built-in

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of built-in

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

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