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native - 8 definitions

- noun
1. native -- 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
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2. native -- a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil"
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3. native -- indigenous plants and animals
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4. native, natives -- an original inhabitant of an area
synonyms: natives, indigene
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- adjective
5. native -- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
antonyms: foreign -- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
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6. native -- belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"
antonyms: adopted -- acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
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7. native -- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
synonyms: aboriginal
antonyms: nonnative -- not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative population of South Africa"
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8. native -- as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
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foreign -- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
adopted -- acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
nonnative -- not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative population of South Africa"

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