Built-in
Built-in adjective - Being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing.
Usage example: a poker player with a seemingly built-in ability to read his opponents' faces
Hardwired
Hardwired adjective - Being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing.
Usage example: a cat with a hardwired compulsion to knock expensive knickknacks off of shelves
Built-in and hardwired are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Built-in" instead an adjective "Hardwired".
Nearby Word: hardwiring
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- natural and built-in
- natural and hardwired
- native and built-in
- native and hardwired
- innate and built-in
- innate and hardwired
- intrinsic and built-in
- intrinsic and hardwired
- ingrained and built-in
- ingrained and hardwired
- inherent and built-in
- inherent and hardwired
- deep-rooted and built-in
- deep-rooted and hardwired
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