Synonyms for native
ˈneɪ tɪvna·tive

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1. nativenoun

   Antonyms:
   foreign

2. nativenoun

   Belonging to one by birth.

   She is a regular Wiki* native.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

3. nativeadjective

   Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

4. nativeadjective

   Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.

   Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

5. nativeadjective

   Many native artists studied abroad.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

6. nativeadjective

   The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

7. nativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   foreign

8. nativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   foreign

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. native

   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.

   Synonyms:
   indigenous, innate, natal, natural, original

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. native

   Synonyms:
   indigenous, home, exported, artless, natural, proper, suitable, congenital, inbred, vernacular

   Antonyms:
   foreign, imported, exotic, alien, artificial, acquired, assumed, affected

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginalnoun

   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:
   indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal, native Australian

   Antonyms:
   adventive, strange, foreign, impure, nonnative, naturalized, adoptive, alien, exotic, tramontane, established, foreign-born, unnaturalised, adopted, unnaturalized, imported

2. nativenoun

   a person born in a particular place or country

   "he is a native of Brazil"

   Synonyms:
   indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

   Antonyms:
   exotic, unnaturalised, nonnative, naturalized, adopted, foreign, impure, foreign-born, adventive, unnaturalized, strange, adoptive, imported, established, tramontane, alien

3. nativeadjective

   indigenous plants and animals

   Synonyms:
   indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, imported, unnaturalised, adventive, established, alien, unnaturalized, adoptive, naturalized, exotic, tramontane, adopted, foreign, strange, foreign-born, impure

4. nativeadjective

   characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

   "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, naturalized, tramontane, foreign, alien, unnaturalised, impure, adopted, adventive, adoptive, unnaturalized, strange, established, imported, foreign-born, exotic

5. nativeadjective

   belonging to one by birth

   "my native land"; "one's native language"

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, imported, foreign, adopted, impure, unnaturalised, naturalized, adventive, unnaturalized, established, strange, foreign-born, adoptive, alien, exotic, tramontane

6. native, aboriginaladjective

   characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

   "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

   Synonyms:
   primaeval, primordial, aboriginal, primal, primeval

   Antonyms:
   foreign-born, nonnative, imported, foreign, exotic, unnaturalised, adopted, naturalized, tramontane, impure, alien, adoptive, strange, unnaturalized, adventive, established

7. nativeadjective

   as found in nature in the elemental form

   "native copper"

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, alien, unnaturalised, impure, established, unnaturalized, tramontane, imported, strange, adoptive, naturalized, adopted, adventive, foreign-born, exotic, foreign

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indio

   a native is a person who is an indegonous person.

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

2. sons of the soil

   he is a native.

   Submitted by anonymous on October 12, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   natal, of birth

2. nativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   vernacular, VULGAR, mother

3. nativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   indigenous, natural, congenital, original, genuine, intrinsic, real, unartificial, home-bred, not acquired, bred in the bone, that runs in the blood

4. nativenoun

   Synonyms:
   original inhabitant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   natal, indigenous, natural, aboriginal, autochthonal, vernacular, mother, genuine, congenital, inherent, inborn, inbred, innate, original

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

2. nativenoun

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal, denizen (by birth), indigene

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1. List of paraphrases for "native":

   aboriginal, indigenous, maternal, natal, natives, aboriginals, native-born, autochthonous, original, amerindian, christmas, autochtone

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1. Ryan Jenkinson:

   They are incredibly destructive animals to the native species in Hawaii.

2. David Bernhardt:

   I choose to place greater weight on the welfare and well-being of the Alaska Native people who call King Cove home. It is not a decision I take lightly.

3. Joe Biden:

   Don’s legacy lives on in the infrastructure projects he delighted in steering across Alaska. In the opportunities he advanced for his constituents. In the enhanced protections for Native tribes he championed, his legacy will continue in the America he loved.

4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky:

   The world has seen that Ukrainians are powerful, Ukrainians are courageous, they're on their native land, and they're never going to give it up to anyone. They will never betray it.

5. Fabrice Goffin:

   The big advantage of this robot relative to a fixed terminal is that the robot can move, can go towards people, can speak to people and speak in their native tongue. It speaks more than 53 languages.