Indigenous and Incidental

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Indigenous adjective - Being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing.

Usage example: the drive to create that is indigenous to humanity

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Incidental is an antonym for indigenous.

Nearby Word: indigene

Incidental adjective - Happening by chance.

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Indigenous is an antonym for incidental.

Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally

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Incidental and Indigenous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/indigenous/incidental

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