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List of meaning for native

of or relating to the place where you were born

native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal(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"

native(noun)

a person born in a particular place or country

"he is a native of Brazil"

native(adj)

indigenous plants and animals

native(adj)

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

"the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

native(adj)

belonging to one by birth

"my native land"; "one's native language"

native, aboriginal(adj)

characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

"native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

native(adj)

as found in nature in the elemental form

"native copper"

belonging to a particular place by birth or origin

though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner

being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining

diamonds in their native state are not the bright, flashy gems that one might imagine

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

a native energy and ambition that would allow him to rise above his humble beginnings

a usually longtime resident of a locality

the natives seem to resent the summer tourists even though they depend upon them for their livelihood

a member of the first people to inhabit a region

the anthropologist spent two years living among the island's natives and observing and documenting their customs and traditions

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