Antonyms for indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒ ə nəsin·dige·nous

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1. indigenousadjective

   Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

   Synonyms:
   autochthonous, aboriginal, native

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. indigenous

   Native denotes that which belongs to one by birth; natal that which pertains to the event of birth; natural denotes that which rests upon inherent qualities of character or being. We speak of one's native country, or of his natal day; of natural ability, native genius. Compare INHERENT; PRIMEVAL; RADICAL.

   Antonyms:
   acquired, alien, alien, artificial, assumed, foreign, unnatural

   Synonyms:
   innate, natal, native, natural, original

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenousadjective

   originating where it is found

   "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

   Antonyms:
   foreign, strange

   Synonyms:
   endemical, autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal, endemic

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exotic

   instead of being, native, exotic and not native

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

2. digenous

   digenous means foriegn indigenous means foriegn

   she is living in america which is digenous to us.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 7, 2020  

How to use indigenous in a sentence?

1. Maria Alice:

   We had a case of an indigenous woman here with COVID, but she’s being treated here she didn’t want to be transferred because of the deaths, the lack of oxygen.

2. Roberto Mukaro Borrero:

   I have a real problem when those people preferring to affirm an African or even a Spanish side to their history say that I can't affirm who I am as an indigenous person, as though everybody else is entitled to be who they are on our ancestral homeland, except us.

3. Alfonso Cuaron:

   To see a film about an indigenous domestic worker embraced this way in an age when fear and anger propose to divide us means the world to me, reverting back to a world of separation and isolation is not a solution to anything.

4. Erik Terena:

   We are living under a government that uses fake news and lies to harm the indigenous population, we are having to fight against a new colonization by resorting to ethno-media to tell the truth about us.

5. Karen Diver:

   If Mayor Larson are going to come here, then Mayor Larson need to support us as Indigenous people so that Mayor Larson climate solution doesn't end up in our cultural and spiritual genocide.

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