Desert and Native

Desert

Desert noun - Land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops.

Native and desert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Desert".

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

Desert and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desert" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

complete complete desert complete native
half half desert half native
actual actual desert actual native
giant giant desert giant native
Other adjectives: southern.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Dad's Army A veteran of the Sudan War claims that he was saved by a native tribeman after Jones left him out in the desert to die.
  • Literature / The Lost Fleet Repairs are underway, however, and when they are initially dismayed at the cemetery-like decaying desert landscape of Kansas, it is pointed out that native plants are coming back.
  • Burning the Ships: Leiningen burns the canoes of his native servants so they don't desert him.
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