| 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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