- being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability;native grace.
- belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rainforest.
- of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the Indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: Native customs;Native dress.
- born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker.
- of or relating to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language: Her native language is Greek.
- pertaining to or characteristic of a person using a native language or first language, acquired in childhood: a native speaker of English;native command of a language.
- under the rule of natives: a native government.
- occupied by natives: the native quarter of Algiers.
- remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island.
- forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas.
- originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants: Hundreds of species of plants and trees native to central Texas are displayed and nurtured in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, south of Austin.
- found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds.
- (of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined: native copper.
- belonging to a person as a birthright: to deprive people of their native rights.
- Digital Technology.
- of or relating to software designed specifically for the platform on which it is running: native applications for 64-bit PCs;native mobile apps.
- of or relating to data interpreted or displayed by the software or hardware for which it was originally encoded: to view the file in its native format.
- closely related, as by birth.
- one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: the natives of Chile.
- Indigenous (def. 2).
- a person born in a particular place or country: a native of Ohio.
- an organism indigenous to a particular region.
- an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed.
- a person born under a particular planet: Capricorn natives are practical, collected, and reliable allies to have in a crisis.
- to adopt the way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own (sometimes used facetiously): After living on the island for a year, we went native and did without air conditioning just like the locals. I don’t usually drink alcohol, but at the frat party I went native and played beer pong with everyone else.
- relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth
- inherent, natural, or innate
- born in a specified place
- originating in a specific place or area
- characteristic of or relating to the indigenous inhabitants of a country or area
- (of chemical elements, esp metals) found naturally in the elemental form
- unadulterated by civilization, artifice, or adornment; natural
- related by birth or race
- (of a settler) to adopt the lifestyle of the local population, esp when it appears less civilized
- a person born in a particular place
- a species originating in a particular place or area
- a member of an indigenous people of a country or area, esp a non-White people, as opposed to colonial settlers and immigrants
- any non-White
