native

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Synonyms: naive, dative, sative, ative, -ative, lative, natie, nativ

Antonyms: naive, dative, sative, ative, -ative, lative, natie, nativ

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|by birth or since birth}} [[belong|Belonging]] to one by [[birth]] or [[ancestry]].
2. {{senseid|en|concerning indigenousness and indigenous peoples}} [[characteristic|Characteristic]] of or relating to people [[inhabiting]] a [[region]] from [[prehistoric]] times.
3. {{alternative case form of|en|Native}} {{gloss|of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia}}.
4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
5. {{lb|en|biology|of a species}} Which [[occur]]s of its own [[accord]] in a given [[locality]], to be contrasted with a [[species]] introduced by humans.
6. {{lb|en|computing|of software}} Pertaining to the [[system]] or [[architecture]] in question.
7. {{senseid|en|mineral}} {{lb|en|mineralogy}} Occurring naturally in its [[pure]] or [[uncombined]] form.
8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Noun

1. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
2. {{lb|en|in particular}} A person of [[aboriginal]] [[descent]], as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. {{alternative case form of|en|Native}} {{gloss|aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia}}.
3. A [[native speaker]].
4. A native [[plant]] or [[animal]].
5. An oyster of species {{taxfmt|Ostrea edulis|species}}.

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