Word Meanings - NATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances

Additional info about word: NATIVE

1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. 3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. 4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. Milton. 5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc. Courage is native to you. Jowett . 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected . the head is not more native to the heart, ... Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. Shak. Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver. Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. Native American party. See under American, a. -- Native bear , the koala. -- Native bread , a large underground fungus, of Australia , somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. -- Native devil. Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil. -- Native hen , an Australian rail . -- Native pheasant. See Leipoa. -- Native rabbit , an Australian marsupial (Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form. -- Native sloth , the koala. -- Native thrush , an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead. -- Native turkey , the Australian bustard (Choriotis australis); -- called also bebilya. Syn. -- Natural; natal; original; congential. -- Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artifical.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NATIVE)

• Aboriginal
• Primordial
• primeval
• pristine
• autochthonic
• immemorial
• indigenous
• native
• original
• Countryman
• Rustic
• clown
• boor
• compatriot
• swain
• yeoman
• bus
• bandman
• farmer
• agriculturist
• laborer
• peasant
• fellow-countryman
• fellow-subject
• fellowcitizen
• subject
• citizen
• inhabitant
• Inhabitant
• Occupant
• tenant
• resident
• inmate
• Intrinsic
• Native
• inherent
• innate
• genuine
• immanent
• natural
• true
• real
• inward

Related words: (words related to NATIVE)

• INTRINSICAL
  1. Intrinsic. 2. Intimate; closely familiar. Sir H. Wotton.
• PRIMORDIALLY
  At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
• ABORIGINALLY
  Primarily.
• NATURALIST
  1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
• SUBJECTION
  1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government
• SUBJECTIST
  One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
• SUBJECTNESS
  Quality of being subject.
• FARMERESS
  A woman who farms.
• NATURAL STEEL
  Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
• PRIMEVALLY
  In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin.
• CLOWNAGE
  Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. B. Jonson.
• RUSTICAL
  Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.
• SWAINLING
  A little swain.
• PEASANT
  A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries. Syn. -- Countryman; rustic; swain; hind. (more info) with the p.pr. of verbs), païsan, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays
• PEASANTLY
  Peasantlike. Milton.
• INWARD; INWARDS
  1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward. 2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. Milton.
• FARMERY
  The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.
• RUSTICATE
  To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
• TENANT
  One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title
• CLOWN
  Fries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney. 2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child
• ELIMINATIVE
  Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
• NOMINATIVELY
  In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• EMANATIVE
  Issuing forth; effluent.
• DOMINATIVE
  Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
• TER-TENANT
  See TERRE-TENANT
• REGNATIVE
  Ruling; governing.
• PRETERNATURALITY
  Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
• COLABORER
  One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
• COORDINATIVE
  Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.