NATIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person who was born in a particular place
   • an indigenous person
   Synonym(s)
   • indigen (what does indigen mean?)
   • indigene (what does indigene mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) native is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • person (what does person mean?)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • someone (what does someone mean?)
   • somebody (what does somebody mean?)
   • mortal (what does mortal mean?)
   • human (what does human mean?)
   • soul (what does soul mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Levantine (what does Levantine mean?)
   • Mauritian (what does Mauritian mean?)
   • Filipino (what does Filipino mean?)
   • Russian (what does Russian mean?)
   • Seychellois (what does Seychellois mean?)

NATIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • belonging to one by birth
   Usage Example(s)
   • my native land
   • one’’s native language
   Antonym(s)
   • adopted (what does adopted mean?)
   • adoptive (what does adoptive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • being such by origin
   Usage Example(s)
   • the native North American sugar maple
   • many native artists studied abroad
   Antonym(s)
   • foreign (what does foreign mean?)
   Similar To
   • autochthonal (what does autochthonal mean?)
   • autochthonic (what does autochthonic mean?)
   • autochthonous (what does autochthonous mean?)
   • endemic (what does endemic mean?)
   • indigenous (what does indigenous mean?)
   • domestic (what does domestic mean?)
   • homegrown (what does homegrown mean?)
   • native-born (what does native-born mean?)
3. Meaning
   • being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning
   Synonym(s)
   • aboriginal (what does aboriginal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • native Americans
   • the aboriginal peoples of Australia
   Antonym(s)
   • nonnative (what does nonnative mean?)
4. Meaning
   • normally existing at birth
   Synonym(s)
   • connatural (what does connatural mean?)
   • inborn (what does inborn mean?)
   • inbred (what does inbred mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • mankind’’s connatural sense of the good
   Similar To
   • normal (what does normal mean?)
5. Meaning
   • as found in nature in the elemental form
   Usage Example(s)
   • native copper
   Similar To
   • pure (what does pure mean?)