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hardwired

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hardwired

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

a cat with a hardwired compulsion to knock expensive knickknacks off of shelves

Synonyms of hardwired

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

Words Related to hardwired

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with hardwired

in one's blood

Near Antonyms of hardwired

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of hardwired

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

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