Native
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
Original is a synonym for native in innate topic. In some cases you can use "Original" instead the word "Native" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like indigenous, natural, domestic.
Mutual synonyms
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Both words in one sentence
- He would've done an accurate accent and is a native English speaker in Real Life, but he felt it more appropriate to exaggerate it to match Walter Koenig's original performance of the character.
Source: Fake Russian - It's normal for infomercials to be aired in a different language to the one it was filmed in; typically they use a dub in the new language over the original video using a native speaker.
Source: Faux Fluency -
This version has native mouse and keyboard support, higher native resolutions, updated high-res textures along with the original GameCube version's textures, and runs at 60 FPS.
Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 4
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Original and Native. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/original
Native & Original. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/original>.
Original or Native. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/original.
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