| ADJECTIVE | all | native | characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
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| all | native | belonging to one by birth | |
| all | native, aboriginal | characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | |
| all | native | as found in nature in the elemental form | |
| NOUN | person | native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal | an indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
| person | native | a person born in a particular place or country | |
| Tops | native | indigenous plants and animals |
| Sounds | ney'tihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin. | |
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| Narrower | autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous | originating where it is found |
| domestic | produced in a particular country | |
| homegrown | Grown or originating in a particular place | |
| native-born | Belonging to a place by birth | |
| Opposite | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
| Spanish | nativo | |
| Nouns | native | an indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
| nativeness | the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin | |
| Meaning | belonging to one by birth. | |
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| Narrower | connatural, inborn, inbred | normally existing at birth |
| Opposite | adopted, adoptive | acquired as your own by free choice |
| Spanish | materno, natal, nativo | |
| Nouns | nativeness | the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin |
| Meaning | Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning. | |
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| Example | "native Americans" | |
| Synonym | aboriginal | |
| Opposite | nonnative | not being or composed of aborigines |
| Spanish | aborigen, indígena, nativo | |
| Catalan | aborigen, nadiu | |
| Nouns | nativeness | the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin |
| Meaning | As found in nature in the elemental form. | |
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| Example | "native copper" | |
| Broader | pure | Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
| Nouns | nativeness | the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin |
| Meaning | An indigenous person who was born in a particular place. | |
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| Example | "the art of the natives of the northwest coast" | |
| Synonyms | indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal | |
| Narrower | Filipino | A native or inhabitant of the Philippines |
| Levantine | (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant | |
| Mauritian | A native or inhabitant of Mauritius | |
| Russian | A native or inhabitant of Russia | |
| Seychellois | A native or inhabitant of Seychelles | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | aborigen, indígena, nativa, nativo | |
| Catalan | aborigen, aborígen, indígena | |
| Adjectives | native | characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
| Meaning | A person born in a particular place or country. | |
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| Example | "he is a native of Brazil" | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | autóctono, nativo, natural | |
| Catalan | autòcton, nadiu, natiu, natural | |
| Meaning | indigenous plants and animals. | |
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| Broader | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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