| Noun | 1. | native - a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous personLevantine - (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant Mauritian - a native or inhabitant of Mauritius Filipino - a native or inhabitant of the Philippines Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia | |
| Adj. | 1. | native - being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"foreign - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" | |
| 2. | native - belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"adopted, adoptive - acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country" | |
| 3. | native - being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"nonnative - not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative population of South Africa" | |
| 4. | native - as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones" | |
| 5. | native - normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" | |