1. A person born in a particular place or country
   "he is a native of Brazil"
    
2. An indigenous person who was born in a particular place
   "the art of the natives of the northwest coast";
   - indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
    
3. Indigenous plants and animals
   "The conservationists worked to protect the native species of the island"

1. Belonging to one by birth
   "my native land"; "one's native language"
    
2. Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
   "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
    
3. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
   "native Americans";
   - aboriginal, indigenous
    
4. As found in nature in the elemental form
   "native copper"
    
5. (computing, of code) written specifically to run on a particular processor
   "The app uses native code for better performance on device"

Derived forms: natives

See also: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, connatural, desi [Asia], domestic, endemic, homegrown, inborn, inbred, indigenous, native-born, pure

Type of: actor, being, doer, organism, worker

Antonym: adopted, foreign

Encyclopedia: Native