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ABORIGINAL Synonyms

There are 24 synonyms of the word aboriginal. (exact relations)
There are 15 hypernyms of the word aboriginal. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for ABORIGINAL

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native
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

• belonging to one by birth

• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

• a person born in a particular place or country

• indigenous plants and animals

adjective satellite

• as found in nature in the elemental form

autochthonous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed

adjective satellite

• originating where it is found

indigenous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• originating where it is found

original
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

noun

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

adjective satellite

• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

• not derived or copied or translated from something else

inherent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

• in the nature of something though not readily apparent

innate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not established by conditioning or learning

adjective satellite

• being talented through inherited qualities

• present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

local
adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

• of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood

• affecting only a restricted part or area of the body

noun

• public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops

• anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

aborigine
nounn
noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

• a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

primeval
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

primordial
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

ancient
adjectiveadj
noun

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

adjective satellite

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

earliest
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adverb

• with the least delay

adjective satellite

• (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

endemic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality

• native to or confined to a certain region

noun

• a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location

• a plant or animal that is native to a certain limited area

adjective satellite

• originating where it is found

eskimo
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')

• the language spoken by the Eskimo

first
verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj
adjective

• preceding all others in time or space or degree

• highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

noun

• the first or highest in an ordering or series

• the first element in a countable series

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

• an honours degree of the highest class

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

adverb

• before anything else

• the initial time

• before another in time, space, or importance

• prominently forward

adjective satellite

• serving to begin

• ranking above all others

• serving to set in motion

indian
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

• of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

noun

• a native or inhabitant of India

• any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

indigen
adjectiveadj
noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

indigene
nounn
noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

inuit
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')

metis
nounn
noun

• a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry

Best Hypernyms For ABORIGINAL

Here is a list of related hypernyms for aboriginal, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (15)
autochthonous indigenous individual inherent inherited innate intrinsic mortal native natural original person somebody someone soul

Alternatives for NATIVE

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