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Adj. | 1. | native - being such by 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" |
2. | native - belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language" | |
3. | native - being or composed of 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" | |
4. | native - as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper" | |
5. | native - normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" |