Native and Wild

Native

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

Wild is a synonym for native in property topic. In some cases you can use "Wild" instead the word "Native" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like untamed, innate.

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Wild

Wild adjective - Existing without human habitation or cultivation.
Usage example: that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it

Native is a synonym for wild in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Native" instead the word "Wild" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as untamed.

Nearby Words: wildly, wilding, wilde

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Wild Cards The Wild Card spreads like the common influenza, has a 90% lethality rate, and can be used as a bio-weapon in its native state, as used by disease-powered Aces and the Card Sharks.
  • In one episode Sakaki ends up befriending an Iriomote cub she calls "Mayaa", a rare type of wild cat native to the Iriomote island of Japan.
  • Settling the Frontier Stephanie's family have settled on the wild and untamed world of Sphinx, offering professional skills desperately needed on Sphinx after most of the original settlers died due to a native disease that was very deadly to humans.
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