Antonyms for native
ˈneɪ tɪvna·tive

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1. nativenoun

   Antonyms:
   foreign

2. nativenoun

   Belonging to one by birth.

   She is a regular Wiki* native.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

3. nativeadjective

   Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

4. nativeadjective

   Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.

   Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

5. nativeadjective

   Many native artists studied abroad.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

6. nativeadjective

   The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.

   Antonyms:
   foreign

7. nativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   foreign

8. nativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   foreign

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. native

   Native denotes that which belongs to one by birth; natal that which pertains to the event of birth; natural denotes that which rests upon inherent qualities of character or being. We speak of one's native country, or of his natal day; of natural ability, native genius. Compare INHERENT; PRIMEVAL; RADICAL.

   Antonyms:
   acquired, alien, alien, artificial, assumed, foreign, unnatural

   Synonyms:
   indigenous, innate, natal, natural, original

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1. native

   Antonyms:
   foreign, imported, exotic, alien, artificial, acquired, assumed, affected

   Synonyms:
   indigenous, home, exported, artless, natural, proper, suitable, congenital, inbred, vernacular

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginalnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   adventive, strange, foreign, impure, nonnative, naturalized, adoptive, alien, exotic, tramontane, established, foreign-born, unnaturalised, adopted, unnaturalized, imported

   Synonyms:
   indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal, native Australian

2. nativenoun

   a person born in a particular place or country

   "he is a native of Brazil"

   Antonyms:
   exotic, unnaturalised, nonnative, naturalized, adopted, foreign, impure, foreign-born, adventive, unnaturalized, strange, adoptive, imported, established, tramontane, alien

   Synonyms:
   indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

3. nativeadjective

   indigenous plants and animals

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, imported, unnaturalised, adventive, established, alien, unnaturalized, adoptive, naturalized, exotic, tramontane, adopted, foreign, strange, foreign-born, impure

   Synonyms:
   indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

4. nativeadjective

   characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

   "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, naturalized, tramontane, foreign, alien, unnaturalised, impure, adopted, adventive, adoptive, unnaturalized, strange, established, imported, foreign-born, exotic

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal

5. nativeadjective

   belonging to one by birth

   "my native land"; "one's native language"

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, imported, foreign, adopted, impure, unnaturalised, naturalized, adventive, unnaturalized, established, strange, foreign-born, adoptive, alien, exotic, tramontane

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal

6. native, aboriginaladjective

   characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

   "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

   Antonyms:
   foreign-born, nonnative, imported, foreign, exotic, unnaturalised, adopted, naturalized, tramontane, impure, alien, adoptive, strange, unnaturalized, adventive, established

   Synonyms:
   primaeval, primordial, aboriginal, primal, primeval

7. nativeadjective

   as found in nature in the elemental form

   "native copper"

   Antonyms:
   nonnative, alien, unnaturalised, impure, established, unnaturalized, tramontane, imported, strange, adoptive, naturalized, adopted, adventive, foreign-born, exotic, foreign

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal

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1. nativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   foreign, artificial, exotic, acquired, assumed, unnatural

   Synonyms:
   natal, indigenous, natural, aboriginal, autochthonal, vernacular, mother, genuine, congenital, inherent, inborn, inbred, innate, original

2. nativenoun

   Synonyms:
   aboriginal, denizen (by birth), indigene

How to use native in a sentence?

1. Charlie Hill:

   That's what I'm doing from a Native American viewpoint to defuse that traditional John Wayne mentality.

2. Pope Francis:

   I say this to you with regret, many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Not Pocahontas, the fictional character most Americans know from the movies, but Pocahontas, the Native woman who really lived, and whose real story has been passed down to so many of you through the generations.

4. San Francisco:

   You know what ? I already had the message, as a native San Franciscan, as someone who's been here all my life, it isn't acceptable.

5. Esteban Touma:

   As a language teacher, it’s always interesting to see that some of these terms are usually new colloquialisms, or are rooted or borrowed from another language, as a non-native speaker, I must confess it’s fun to see English speakers stumbling a bit for a change.

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