🌱indigenous

adjective
/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs/

Meaning

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
native to a particular place; originating naturally in a country or region
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

Example Sentences

These plants are indigenous to South America.

The indigenous people have lived here for thousands of years.

Indigenous plants are well adapted to the local environment.

Example Expressions

indigenous people

Synonyms

native, aboriginal, local, endemic, original, autochthonous
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native, aboriginal, local, endemic, original
Entry 2
native, local, aboriginal, autochthonous
Entry 3
native, local

Antonyms

foreign, alien, immigrant, exotic, imported, non-native
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foreign, alien, immigrant
Entry 2
foreign, exotic, imported, alien
Entry 3
non-native, foreign

Collocations

indigenous culture, indigenous people, indigenous species, indigenous language
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indigenous culture, indigenous people, indigenous species
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indigenous people, indigenous culture, indigenous language

More Example Sentences

Will any foreign coach be better than any indigenous coach?

Related Vocabularies

able to be done or put into practice successfully
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giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive
having great weight; intense or severe
excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife
Relating to or situated on the edge or outer parts of something.

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