Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "native" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

adopted alien foreign foreign foreigner immigrant introduced nonnative

Capable Of

guide foreigners means indigenous

Derived Terms

AI-native cloud-native digital native go native nativar native advertising native bear native bread native bundle native code native companion native daughter native devil native fuchsia native gardenia native ground native heath native land native language native millet native monkey native myrtle native resolution native signer native soil native son native speaker native species native steel native support native tiger native title native tobacco native tongue native wit native-born native-language identification native-like native-speaker native-speakerism native-speaking nativehen nativelike natively nativeness nativism nativist nativize near-native non-native non-native speaker non-native-speaker nonnative seminative the natives are restless unnative

Distinct From

foreign foreigner immigrant settler

Context

australia biology canada computing mineralogy new zealand us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor being doer earliest organism original primeval primordial worker

Type Of (IsA)

organism person

Related Terms

ancient first local native cat nativisation nativity nativization natural primitive

Related Terms

aboriginal aboriginal person aboriginals aborigine accord always always been american american indian architecture are restless australian australian aborigine been belong belongs birth born born here born there casino characteristic first first here first nation from birth from here from home here history home homeland human if indian indian american indigenous indigenous people indigenous person inhabitant inhabiting it belongs land like like indian lives lives here local local person local tribe locality locals meaning meaning local native american native cat native speaker nativity nativization natural natural born neigh neigh if occupant occur old origin original original american original inhabitant original land original occupant original people original resident original settler oyster people person prehistoric red red indian region reservation resident restless settler single species stock system there tribe

Similar Terms

autochthonal autochthonal autochthonic autochthonous connatural connatural domestic domestic endemic homegrown homegrown inborn inbred indigenous indigenous native born native-born pure pure

Synonym Network

aboriginal aborigine homeling inborn

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.