native
549
1.5
- adjective
- /ˈneɪtɪv/
- But you can never again set foot on your native soil.
- native language
- native speaker
- native people
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeSo they they go on and GED says her native tongue, her mother tongue.
- So they they go on and GED says her native tongue, her mother tongue.
- But I I'm I'm native to Socal and I didn't know that.
- Joining me is native Plainfieldian Melissa McCarthy.
- With house plants, we're making some kind of native plant conform to our inside conditions.
- There is not riding a bicycle but speaking a native language.
- I mean the endurance of being native and being alive.
- I'll show you some images of the native city from the British view.
- That every musical note is a flame native in its own tongue.
- There has always been variations of people native to every land is what I'm saying.
- But it was never sort of native to my to my, my core being.
- How can this bitch speak native French?
Examples
-
The lush forests are home to many native plants that thrive in this climate.
-
The stories told herein do help build a sense of the Native American worldview.
Academic text (2017) -
We are a band of brothers native to the soil.
-
I'll show you some images of the native city from the British view.
-
Well, we're primarily involved with the study of Native American culture.
-
A traditional dish native to South Central France.
-
In Tangier, I lived in one room in the native quarter.
-
All of the children were reported to be monolingual, native speakers of Standard American English.
Academic text (2015) -
For instance, Edward S. Curtis's photos of Native American people are well known from history.
Academic text (2012) -
First, the increasingly popular language of trauma resonates with Native peoples and within Native communities.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
110
5.6
Living or growing naturally in a place and not moved there from somewhere else
26
7.2
Found regularly in a particular place or group of people
24
6.5
Of the first people or things living in a region
14
4.0
A person who grew up in a place or family and feels a strong connection to it
12
3.7
A person born in a place who did not move there later
1
7.5
A person born in a place who is a native of that city or region
Living naturally in the place where it is found
Native to the place where it is found
Antonyms
Compounds
93
3.4
A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
2
4.2
A person from the original communities who lived in Alaska or whose family comes from them
- Australian
1
5.1
A person whose family lived in Australia before Europeans arrived
- Archaic
1
8.7
A bright yellow mineral that occurs as pure crystals in rocks and near volcanoes
- Australian
1
9.2
A small Australian animal that looks like a cat and carries its babies in a pouch
- Australian
1
4.8
A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves
- Australian
1
9.8
A low evergreen shrub from southern Australia with triangular or heart-shaped leaves and orange-yellow flowers
- Australian
1
8.9
A tall Australian tree with hard wood used to make furniture and tools
- Australian
1
7.4
A low spreading shrub with bright red flowers and small berries like cranberries
- New Zealand
A shrub or small tree from New Zealand with dark red flowers that grows up to 10 feet tall
How Native
Surface Forms
Etymology
Native comes from the Latin word nativus, from natus meaning 'born', so it helps to think of something that is 'born' in a place; that's why a native language or culture is one that started or grew there naturally.