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inborn

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

an inborn talent for dancing

Synonyms of inborn

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

Words Related to inborn

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with inborn

Near Antonyms of inborn

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of inborn

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

2 genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring

certain instincts are inborn in mice

Synonyms of inborn

genetic (also genetical), hereditary, heritable, inheritable, inherited

Words Related to inborn

congenital, inbred, inherent, innate, native, natural

Near Antonyms of inborn

Antonyms of inborn

Synonym Discussion of inborn

innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary mean not acquired after birth. innate applies to qualities or characteristics that are part of one's inner essential nature.

- an innate sense of fair play

inborn suggests a quality or tendency either actually present at birth or so marked and deep-seated as to seem so.

- her inborn love of nature

inbred suggests something either acquired from parents by heredity or so deeply rooted and ingrained as to seem acquired in that way.

- inbred political loyalties

congenital and hereditary refer to what is acquired before or at birth, the former to things acquired during fetal development and the latter to things transmitted from one's ancestors.

- a congenital heart murmur
- eye color is hereditary

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