Aborigine
Aborigine noun - A member of the first race to inhabit a region.
Usage example: the aborigines had no immunity against the raft of diseases brought by the invaders
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Synonyms for Aborigine
Native is a synonym for aborigine in primitive topic. In some cases you can use "Native" instead the word "Aborigine" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like aboriginal, original inhabitant, first inhabitant. popular alternative
Nearby Words: aboriginal, aboriginally
Native
Native noun - A member of the first race to inhabit a region.
Usage example: to the missionaries, the religious beliefs of the natives were nothing more than superstitions that called for complete obliteration
Aborigine is a synonym for native in primitive topic. You can use "Aborigine" instead a noun "Native", if it concerns topics such as aboriginal, inhabitant. popular alternative
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How words are described
| male | male aborigine | male native |
| young | young aborigine | young native |
| last | last aborigine | last native |
| tribal | tribal aborigine | tribal native |
| Other adjectives: full-blooded. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Going Native: The girl is seemingly tempted to do this, but she winds up turning her back on the Aborigine boy.
Source: Film / Walkabout -
Upfield, who wrote about a half-white, half-Aborigine detective named Bony, who worked with a deep understanding of tribal traditions.Today Tony Hillerman is widely credited as the Trope Codifier of the Native American detective novel.
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For a period in the late '80s the X-Men went further underground than usual and operated out of a hidden base in the outback (requisitioned from a band of cyborg Road Warrior rejects) with the aid of a mysterious Magical Native American Australian Aborigine Indigenous Australian teleporter.
Source: Land Downunder
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Native and Aborigine. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aborigine/native
Aborigine & Native. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aborigine/native>.
Native or Aborigine. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aborigine/native.
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