Unscramble native

Definition of native

adjective:

• characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple", "many native artists studied abroad". Antonyms: foreign.
• belonging to one by birth; "my native land", "one's native language". Antonyms: adopted.
• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans", "the aboriginal peoples of Australia". Synonyms: aboriginal. Antonyms: nonnative.
• as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper".

noun:

• 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". Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene.
• a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil".
• indigenous plants and animals.

Words nearby

dative, naive.

Rhymes with

creative, educative, nonnative, probative, vegetative.