native

  • (a) characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
    • the native North American sugar maple
    • many native artists studied abroad
  • (a) belonging to one by birth
    • my native land
    • one's native language
  • (a) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
    • native Americans
    • the aboriginal peoples of Australia
    aboriginal,
  • (s) as found in nature in the elemental form
    • native copper

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    aborigine, indigen, indigene, aboriginal,
  • (n) a person born in a particular place or country
    • he is a native of Brazil
  • (n) indigenous plants and animals

Synonyms

aborigine indigen indigene aboriginal

Antonyms

foreign strange adopted adoptive nonnative

Words of close approximity

nation
Native Alaskan Native American native Australian native bear native beech native-born native cat native cranberry native fuchsia Native Hawaiian native holly native land native language nativeness native orange native peach native pear native pomegranate native speaker native sulfur native sulphur