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

1. adjective. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
2. adjective. 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. adjective. 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. adjective. Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
5. adjective. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
6. adjective. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
7. adjective. Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
8. adjective. Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
9. noun. 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.
10. noun. Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
11. noun. indigenous plants and animals
12. 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: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene

13. noun. a person born in a particular place or country

    "he is a native of Brazil"

14. adjective. belonging to one by birth

    "my native land"

    "one's native language"

15. adjective. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

    "the native North American sugar maple"

    "many native artists studied abroad"

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

    "native Americans"

    "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

    Synonyms: aboriginal

17. adjective. as found in nature in the elemental form

    "native copper"

Synonyms

aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in native:

navite

Common word forms

natives, natively, nativeness

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