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indigenous
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of INDIGENOUS
1
belonging to a particular place by birth or origin <the culture of the indigenous people of that country>
Near Antonyms imported, introduced, transplanted; alien, exotic, foreign, strange; expatriate, immigrant
Antonyms nonindigenous, nonnative
2
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing <the drive to create that is indigenous to humanity>
Synonyms built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), innate, integral, intrinsic, native, natural
Related Words basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental; congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior; internal; characteristic, distinctive, peculiar; habitual, inveterate; normal, regular, typical
Near Antonyms alien, foreign; accidental, coincidental, incidental; acquired, adscititious; superficial, surface; exterior, external
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