Synonym: indigenous, natural, original. Antonym: alien, foreign. Similar words: alternative, relative, narrative, relatively, cooperative, innovative, initiative, legislative. Meaning: ['neɪtɪv] n. a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person. adj. 1. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin 2. belonging to one by birth 3. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning 4. as found in nature in the elemental form.
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121. He took to French as though it had been his native language.
122. He speaks English well enough to pass for a native speaker.
123. This is my native land and I'll defend it with my life!
124. He tried to speak English all the day,but gradually he lapsed into his native tongue.
125. The game is thought to have originated among the native peoples of Alaska.
126. At last he could not but run his native town.
127. Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast.
128. She had to use all her native wit to convince the police.
129. She was pining for the mountains of her native country.
130. Henderson Island in the Pacific has more than 55 species of native flowering plants.
131. Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population.
132. She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French.
133. She returned to her native town to recapture the happiness of her youth.
134. She left her native home in Ireland and went to America.
135. This disease threatens to destroy many of our native trees.
136. He was to flee his native village to join the rebel army.
137. Try not to fall into your native language outside class.
138. The large variety of native plants attracts wildlife to the area.
139. It was his first visit to his native country since 1948.
140. Native workmanship can add a lot of aesthetic value.
141. From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity. Albert Schweitzer
142. The dancers wore authentic Native American designs.
143. So he wasn't chauffeured about in his native city.
144. Banana is native to Taiwan.
145. Last week,(http://sentencedict.com/native.html) he announced he was leaving for his native Tennessee.
146. Growth of the reed can choke out native water plants.
147. They were in the fifth field near a copse of native trees when the incident occurred.
148. California, which has no native largemouth bass, imported fast-growing, long-living Florida-strain bass in the 1950s.
149. Even knowing this, I still feel very chauvinistic about some of our native grains.
150. I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land, wielding an axe against some giant tree.
More similar words: alternative, relative, narrative, relatively, cooperative, innovative, initiative, legislative, conservative, representative, administrative, active, motive, nation, actively, incentive, national, zonation, donation, detective, objective, sensitive, cognitive, executive, deceptive, supportive, attractive, diminutive, distinctive, perspective.