ABORIGINAL Synonyms
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 | ||||||||