Definition:
- (a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.
- (a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.
- (a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
- (a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
- (a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
- (a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
- (a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
- (n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.
- (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
Compare native with other words:
native vs. sative
naive vs. native
native vs. original
native vs. resident
dative vs. native
elemental vs. native
affluent vs. native
ancestral vs. native
ceylonese vs. native
corroval vs. native
native vs. outborn
kurilian vs. native
native vs. nizam
autochthonic vs. native
native vs. serang
enchorial vs. native
native vs. paisano
homeborn vs. native
native vs. nativeness
native vs. sheepberry
hagberry vs. native
native vs. spiceberry
native vs. nonforeign
native vs. styrax
adventive vs. native
citizen vs. native
accent vs. native
native vs. naturalized
exotic vs. native
lydian vs. native
native vs. thimbleberry
native vs. natively
indigene vs. native
autochthonal vs. native
expatriation vs. native
local vs. native
madecassee vs. native
native vs. thessalian
native vs. nitre
introduced vs. native
israelite vs. native
emigrate vs. native
invasive vs. native
native vs. phaseolus
native vs. nativism
fleming vs. native
native vs. paco
native vs. trojan
arabian vs. native
native vs. sicilian
native vs. sango
latin vs. native
native vs. polander
caucasian vs. native
autochthonous vs. native
denizen vs. native
native vs. wingnut
native vs. welshman
hindu vs. native
native vs. spontaneous
folk vs. native
caraway vs. native
iberian vs. native
nascent vs. native
innate vs. native
genuine vs. native
fuegian vs. native
expatriate vs. native
endemic vs. native
nation vs. native
native vs. nativity
colonize vs. native
native vs. pejorative
indigenous vs. native
indian vs. native
fremd vs. native
architecture vs. native
native vs. system
native vs. species
locality vs. native
accord vs. native
native vs. origin
native vs. occur
geographic vs. native
native vs. prehistoric
native vs. region
inhabiting vs. native
birth vs. native
foreign vs. native
native vs. pelican
native vs. tahitian
lombard vs. native
asturian vs. native
native vs. skunk
lion vs. native
mongolian vs. native
native vs. natural
native vs. peach
home vs. native
badger vs. native
natal vs. native
native vs. perthian
galician vs. native
englishman vs. native
native vs. nature
native vs. saxon
native vs. portuguese
aboriginal vs. native