Synonyms for native
ˈneɪ tɪv

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1. native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal(noun)

   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. native(noun)

   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. native(adj)

   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. native(adj)

   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. native(adj)

   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, aboriginal(adj)

   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. native(adj)

   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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. native(noun)

   Antonyms:
   foreign

2. native(noun)

   Belonging to one by birth.

   She is a regular Wiki* native.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

3. native(noun)

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

   Antonyms:
   foreign

4. native(adjective)

   Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.

   Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

5. native(adjective)

   Many native artists studied abroad.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

6. native(adjective)

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

   Antonyms:
   foreign

7. native(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   foreign

8. native(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   foreign

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

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. native(a.)

   Synonyms:
   natal, of birth

2. native(a.)

   Synonyms:
   vernacular, VULGAR, mother

3. native(a.)

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

4. native(n.)

   Synonyms:
   original inhabitant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. native(a)

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

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

2. native(n)

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal, denizen (by birth), indigene

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

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. Valeriya Lutkovskaya:

   People are afraid to express their opinion, they feel fear for their life and future, fear to espouse their faith and speak in their native language.

2. Justin Chart:

   I’m doing this because I’m a native and I love the city and I want to do something good,”

3. Rion Ramirez:

   Native American's long been in a position of being stuck in a corner.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   Black or African American, Latinx, American Indian and Alaskan Native.

5. Bernard Uechtritz:

   It stands head and shoulders above everything else as it is head and shoulders above everything else, it's truly a one of a kind. Where can you go with half-a-million acres under one fence with oil, cattle, natural resources and intellectual property ? Nowhere, it's just not out there. Uechtritz, who has sold everything from cattle stations in his native Australia to celebrity pads in Beverly Hills, explained that he had turned down a number of eye-watering bids.

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