aboriginal

aboriginal is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
2. adjective. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
3. noun. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
4. noun. An animal or a plant native to the region.
5. 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: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native

6. noun. a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

   Synonyms: abo, aborigine

7. adjective. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

   "aboriginal forests"

   "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"

   Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial

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

   "native Americans"

   "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

   Synonyms: native

9. adjective. of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia

   "an Aboriginal rite"

Synonyms

aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, abo, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial

Common word forms

aboriginals, aboriginally, aboriginality

Words from these letters

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