What is another word for aboriginal?
Synonyms for aboriginal
ˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə nlabo·rig·i·nal
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word aboriginal.
Wiktionary
Aboriginaladjective
Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines.
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. - Darwin.
Synonyms:
autochthonous, native, earliest, primitive, endemic, original, indigenous, ancient, primordial, primeval, firstAboriginaladjective
Synonyms:
Inuit, Aborigine, Eskimo, Native, Native American, Indian, First Peoples, native, aborigine, First Nations, Metis
English Synonyms and Antonyms
aboriginal
Aboriginal (Latin ab, from, origo, origin) signifies pertaining to the aborigines or earliest known inhabitants of a country in the widest sense, including not merely human beings but inferior animals and plants as well. Autochthonic (Greek autos, self, and chthōn, earth) signifies sprung from the earth, especially from the soil of one's native land. Primeval (Latin primum, first, and ævum, age), signifies strictly belonging to the first ages, earliest in time, but often only the earliest of which man knows or conceives, immemorial. Aboriginal, autochthonic, and primeval combine the meanings of ancient and original; aboriginal inhabitants, autochthonic races, primeval forests. Prime and primary may signify either first in time, or more frequently first in importance; primary has also the sense of elementary or preparatory; we speak of a prime minister, a primary school. Primal is chiefly poetic, in the sense of prime; as, the primal curse. Primordial is first in an order of succession or development; as, a primordial leaf. Primitive frequently signifies having the original characteristics of that which it represents, as well as standing first in time; as, the primitive church. Primitive also very frequently signifies having the original or early characteristics without remoteness in time. Primeval simplicity is the simplicity of the earliest ages; primitive simplicity may be found in retired villages now. Pristine is an elegant word, used almost exclusively in a good sense of that which is original and perhaps ancient; as, pristine purity, innocence, vigor. That which is both an original and natural product of a soil or country is said to be indigenous; that which is actually produced there is said to be native, though it may be of foreign extraction; humming-birds are indigenous to America; canaries may be native, but are not indigenous. Immemorial refers solely to time, independently of quality, denoting, in legal phrase, "that whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary;" as, an immemorial custom; an immemorial abuse. Compare OLD.
Compare synonyms for NEW.
Synonyms:
ancient, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native, old, original, patriarchal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, uncreatedAntonyms:
adventitious, exotic, foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
aboriginal
Synonyms:
primordial, primeval, pristine, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native, originalAntonyms:
subsequent, adventitious, imported, exotic, immigrant, recent, upstart, modern, late, novel, fresh
Princeton's WordNet
Aborigine, Abo, Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aboriginenoun
a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Synonyms:
native, indigene, aborigine, native Australian, indigennative, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginaladjective
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
"the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
Synonyms:
native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, native AustralianAboriginaladjective
of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia
"an Aboriginal rite"
Synonyms:
native, primaeval, primordial, primal, primevalnative, aboriginaladjective
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
"native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
Synonyms:
native, primaeval, primordial, primal, primevalaboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordialadjective
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
"aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
Synonyms:
fundamental, primordial, primeval, native, cardinal, central, primaeval, key, primal
Dictionary of English Synonymes
aboriginaladjective
Synonyms:
primitive, primeval, primordial, pristine, primary, prime, original, first, native, indigenous, autochthonal
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "aboriginal":
indigenous, native, aboriginals, natives, autochtone, autochtones, ancestral, aborigines, autochthonous, native-language, indian, aboriginal-owned, indígena
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1524","2"],["1648","1"],["1684","1"],["1690","1"],["1700","1"],["1710","2"],["1719","1"],["1726","3"],["1728","2"],["1747","2"],["1750","2"],["1752","2"],["1753","2"],["1754","2"],["1755","18"],["1756","1"],["1757","2"],["1760","42"],["1762","1"],["1763","1"],["1765","5"],["1766","9"],["1767","3"],["1768","12"],["1769","24"],["1770","7"],["1771","2"],["1772","7"],["1773","10"],["1774","5"],["1775","4"],["1776","4"],["1777","10"],["1778","62"],["1779","1"],["1780","2"],["1782","6"],["1783","10"],["1784","9"],["1786","45"],["1787","18"],["1788","12"],["1789","11"],["1790","5"],["1791","10"],["1792","12"],["1793","7"],["1794","23"],["1795","27"],["1796","37"],["1797","12"],["1798","29"],["1799","40"],["1800","20"],["1801","73"],["1802","79"],["1803","70"],["1804","82"],["1805","89"],["1806","49"],["1807","82"],["1808","60"],["1809","77"],["1810","126"],["1811","119"],["1812","133"],["1813","152"],["1814","189"],["1815","94"],["1816","131"],["1817","134"],["1818","212"],["1819","253"],["1820","260"],["1821","145"],["1822","277"],["1823","227"],["1824","320"],["1825","313"],["1826","293"],["1827","413"],["1828","372"],["1829","694"],["1830","362"],["1831","487"],["1832","590"],["1833","718"],["1834","953"],["1835","562"],["1836","665"],["1837","751"],["1838","797"],["1839","764"],["1840","785"],["1841","1106"],["1842","537"],["1843","985"],["1844","1090"],["1845","1484"],["1846","1080"],["1847","1335"],["1848","1562"],["1849","1544"],["1850","1556"],["1851","2326"],["1852","1763"],["1853","1575"],["1854","1859"],["1855","2072"],["1856","2271"],["1857","1574"],["1858","1548"],["1859","1752"],["1860","1504"],["1861","1105"],["1862","1422"],["1863","1547"],["1864","1213"],["1865","1387"],["1866","1428"],["1867","1385"],["1868","2106"],["1869","1412"],["1870","2210"],["1871","1707"],["1872","2645"],["1873","1707"],["1874","1455"],["1875","3282"],["1876","3131"],["1877","3415"],["1878","1901"],["1879","1823"],["1880","2407"],["1881","2677"],["1882","3020"],["1883","3653"],["1884","2764"],["1885","3394"],["1886","5009"],["1887","2572"],["1888","2918"],["1889","2592"],["1890","2827"],["1891","2394"],["1892","3878"],["1893","2851"],["1894","2397"],["1895","2898"],["1896","3433"],["1897","3026"],["1898","2961"],["1899","4387"],["1900","3465"],["1901","3534"],["1902","3916"],["1903","3047"],["1904","4058"],["1905","3677"],["1906","3579"],["1907","3715"],["1908","3608"],["1909","3030"],["1910","3545"],["1911","2987"],["1912","3989"],["1913","2998"],["1914","2891"],["1915","2973"],["1916","2760"],["1917","2331"],["1918","1700"],["1919","2559"],["1920","2538"],["1921","3099"],["1922","3614"],["1923","2708"],["1924","2192"],["1925","3124"],["1926","2458"],["1927","2862"],["1928","2640"],["1929","3006"],["1930","2630"],["1931","3442"],["1932","2231"],["1933","2297"],["1934","2727"],["1935","2608"],["1936","2418"],["1937","3343"],["1938","2534"],["1939","3282"],["1940","2825"],["1941","2816"],["1942","2257"],["1943","2831"],["1944","1821"],["1945","2342"],["1946","2842"],["1947","3256"],["1948","3476"],["1949","4725"],["1950","4086"],["1951","4365"],["1952","4434"],["1953","3729"],["1954","3788"],["1955","3800"],["1956","3962"],["1957","4433"],["1958","5685"],["1959","5197"],["1960","5563"],["1961","6312"],["1962","7485"],["1963","8934"],["1964","9226"],["1965","8817"],["1966","9489"],["1967","9440"],["1968","10422"],["1969","9086"],["1970","8473"],["1971","8839"],["1972","9601"],["1973","10103"],["1974","9766"],["1975","9573"],["1976","10303"],["1977","8353"],["1978","11565"],["1979","8270"],["1980","8274"],["1981","8747"],["1982","7805"],["1983","9150"],["1984","10690"],["1985","11967"],["1986","10859"],["1987","11091"],["1988","13425"],["1989","15137"],["1990","12148"],["1991","21550"],["1992","23496"],["1993","21458"],["1994","20702"],["1995","24440"],["1996","25142"],["1997","24651"],["1998","22696"],["1999","24568"],["2000","25167"],["2001","24353"],["2002","23842"],["2003","27129"],["2004","31080"],["2005","26088"],["2006","35331"],["2007","30959"],["2008","41438"]]
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#83 | first | |
#371 | old | |
#569 | key | |
#686 | central | |
#691 | original | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1511 | indian | |
#2108 | prime | |
#2290 | native | |
#3283 | ancient | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#6895 | indigenous | |
#7983 | aboriginal | |
#9914 | earliest | |
#10082 | cardinal | |
#10591 | primitive | |
#17850 | natives | |
#19297 | pristine | |
#20616 | primal | |
#22771 | ancestral | |
#23588 | endemic | |
#28074 | inuit | |
#28575 | eskimo | |
#38702 | primordial | |
#42969 | patriarchal | |
#45430 | aborigines | |
#48095 | metis | |
#63365 | primeval | |
#71076 | immemorial | |
#73371 | aboriginals | |
#103117 | aborigine | |
#158053 | autochthonous | |
#158527 | uncreated | |
#171702 | autochtones |
How to use aboriginal in a sentence?
So, the Denisovan ancestry in living Australian Aboriginal and New Guinean people could, therefore, be the result of direct interbreeding between their ancestors and Denisovans, but we do not know where this interaction took place.
What a wonderful result for Australia and how exciting that another Aboriginal has won at the French, tennis Australia and all lovers of tennis here and around the world will be delighted by the natural skills and flair Ash possesses.
That's one of the many reasons why I love her, i have great sympathy for the cause of ensuring Aboriginal people and minorities are protected from racism.
Growing up as an Aboriginal girl in a White world was tough, but I had a really good foster mom and dad and a strong family.
The paintings support the case for how unfairly and grossly the original peoples were treated by the white settlers who invaded their aboriginal territories.
Translations for aboriginal
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- туземен, местен, корененBulgarian
- aborigenCatalan, Valencian
- eingeboren, einheimischGerman
- ιθαγενήςGreek
- indígena, aborigenSpanish
- alkuperäinen, alkuperäislajiFinnish
- indigèneFrench
- bundúchasachIrish
- bun-dooghyssagh, bun-chummallaghManx
- aborigenoItalian
- AboriginalHebrew
- 土着Japanese
- inheemse, inheemsDutch
- aborígene, aboríginePortuguese
- местный, автохтонный, туземный, коренной, аборигенныйRussian
- автохтонний, аборигенський, тубільний, туземськийUkrainian
- thổ dânVietnamese
- 土著Chinese
Get even more translations for aboriginal »
Translation
Find a translation for the aboriginal synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"aboriginal." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 17 Feb. 2025. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/aboriginal>.
Discuss these aboriginal synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In