NATIVE
Scrabble letter values: N1A1T1I1V4E1 = 9
Definition
- noun an indigenous person who was born in a particular place. — synonyms: indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
- noun a person born in a particular place or country.
- noun indigenous plants and animals.
- adjective characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
- adjective belonging to one by birth.
- adjective characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning. — synonyms: aboriginal
- adjective as found in nature in the elemental form.
Examples
- “the art of the natives of the northwest coast”
- “the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”
- “he is a native of Brazil”