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native has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 3 recorded opposites are foreign, adopted, nonnative.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
“the native North American sugar maple”
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
“native Americans”
1 of the 7 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for native.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for native come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
“the art of the natives of the northwest coast”
a person born in a particular place or country
“he is a native of Brazil”