ADJECTIVE | all | nonnative | not being or composed of aborigines |
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all | nonnative, foreign-born | of persons born in another area or country than that lived in | |
all | nonnative | of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing |
Sounds | naa'ney'tihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | not being or composed of aborigines. | |
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Example | "the nonnative population of South Africa" | |
Opposite | native, aboriginal | Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning |
Meaning | Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in. | |
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Example | "our large nonnative population" | |
Synonym | foreign-born | |
Broader | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
Meaning | Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing. | |
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Broader | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
Spanish | naturalizado |
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