Native and Nonnative

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

Usage example: though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner

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Nonnative is an antonym for native in alien topic.

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Nonnative adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

Usage example: nonnative customs that made the recent immigrants stand out in their new country

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Native is an antonym for nonnative in experience topic.

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Nonnative and Native. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/nonnative

Native & Nonnative. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/nonnative>.

Nonnative or Native. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/nonnative.

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