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inborn
adjective in·born \ˈin-ˈbȯrn\
: existing from the time someone is born : natural or instinctive
Full Definition of INBORN
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: present from or as if from birth
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First Known Use of INBORN
1513
Related to INBORN
- Synonyms
- built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inherent, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), innate, integral, intrinsic, native, natural
- Antonyms
- adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic
Synonym Discussion of INBORN
innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary mean not acquired after birth. innate applies to qualities or characteristics that are part of one's inner essential nature <an innate sense of fair play>. inborn suggests a quality or tendency either actually present at birth or so marked and deep-seated as to seem so <her inborn love of nature>. inbred suggests something either acquired from parents by heredity or so deeply rooted and ingrained as to seem acquired in that way <inbred political loyalties>. congenital and hereditary refer to what is acquired before or at birth, the former to things acquired during fetal development and the latter to things transmitted from one's ancestors <a congenital heart murmur> <eye color is hereditary>.
Rhymes with INBORN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hartshorn, hawthorn, highborn, hulled corn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stillborn, stinkhorn, suborn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
INBORN Defined for Kids
inborn
adjective in·born \ˈin-ˈbȯrn\
Definition of INBORN for Kids
: existing from the time someone is born : natural or instinctive <She has an inborn talent for music.>
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adjective in·born \ˈin-ˈbȯ(ə)rn\
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