Dictionary Entry
native
native is a 6-letter English word with 17 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
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.
- 4adjective
Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
- 5adjective
Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
- 6adjective
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
- 7adjective
Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
- 8adjective
Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
- 9noun
One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.
- 10noun
Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
- 11noun
indigenous plants and animals
- 12noun
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"
- 13noun
a person born in a particular place or country
"he is a native of Brazil"
- 14adjective
belonging to one by birth
"my native land"
"one's native language"
- 15adjective
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
"the native North American sugar maple"
"many native artists studied abroad"
- 16adjective
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
"native Americans"
"the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
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- 17adjective
as found in nature in the elemental form
"native copper"
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