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intrinsic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of intrinsic

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

the question of whether people have an intrinsic sense of right and wrong

Synonyms of intrinsic

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

Words Related to intrinsic

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with intrinsic

Near Antonyms of intrinsic

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of intrinsic

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

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