Nonnative and Native

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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.

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

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Native and Nonnative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nonnative/native

Nonnative & Native. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/nonnative/native>.

Native or Nonnative. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/nonnative/native.

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