native
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
the art of the natives of the northwest coast
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- native derivation
- aboriginal derivation
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
the native North American sugar maple
Related & opposite
- foreign antonym
- nativeness derivation
- native derivation
- autochthonal similar to
- domestic similar to
- homegrown similar to
- native-born similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person born in a particular place or country
he is a native of Brazil
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
belonging to one by birth
my native land
Related & opposite
- adopted antonym
- nativeness derivation
- connatural similar to
Sense 5 noun
indigenous plants and animals
Types & categories
- organism hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
native Americans
Related & opposite
- nonnative antonym
- nativeness derivation
- native derivation
Sense 7 adjective
as found in nature in the elemental form
native copper
Related & opposite
- nativeness derivation
- pure similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | native |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aboriginal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Levantine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mauritian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Filipino |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Russian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Seychellois |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | foreign |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nativeness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | native |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | autochthonal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | domestic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | homegrown |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | native-born |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | adopted |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nativeness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | connatural |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | organism |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonnative |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | nativeness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | native |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | nativeness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | pure |