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

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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 Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. native

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

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

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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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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How to use native in a sentence?

1. Mahtowin Munro:

   Sometimes, I think that non-Native people picture us as being stuck, historically. They think of us as being stuck in the past, but while we talk about our history -- because if we don't, it would be completely erased -- we're active in our resistance and in what's happening now.

2. Ian Bartoszek:

   The ecological impact of removing so many adult pythons from a relatively small area of Collier County can only be positive for our native wildlife, we need to utilize all tools available and develop additional techniques to capture and remove Burmese pythons in Florida.

3. Washington Post:

   Just as Native American activists have demanded the removal ofChristopher Columbus statuesand pushed to transform the Columbus holiday into an acknowledgment of hisbrutality toward Indigenous people, Native American activists have long objected to the popular portrayal of Thanksgiving.

4. Alfred A. Montapert:

   What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here.

5. Edith Wharton:

   There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.