Definition for Indigenous:

• Native, belonging naturally, ( to soil &c., also fig.). Hence indigenously adv. [ late Latin]

Synonyms for Indigenous:

• adj.

  •aboriginal (adjective)
  • primitive,
  • primeval,
  • most primary.
  •congenital (adjective)
  • Unacquired.
  •dialectal (adjective)
  • most dialectical,
  • more dialectical.
  •domestic (adjective)
  • home-grown,
  • national,
  • handcrafted,
  • intramural.
  •ethnic (adjective)
  • tribal.
  •regional (adjective)
  • dialectal.
  •untamed (adjective)
  • wild.
  •vernacular (adjective)
  • in-formal,
  • most plebian,
  • in formal,
  • more plebian,
  • plebian.
  •wild (adjective)
  • un touched,
  • un broken,
  • over grown,
  • de solate,
  • un civilized,
  • wastest,
  • most unbroken,
  • de sert,
  • un inhabited,
  • un-cultivated,
  • over-grown,
  • more unbroken,
  • un-inhabited,
  • most overrun,
  • de-sert,
  • un-civilized,
  • un-broken,
  • more overrun,
  • un cultivated,
  • un-touched,
  • de-solate.
  •within (adjective)
  • internal.

• n.

  •
  • citizenship,
  • the body politic,
  • compatriot,
  • countryman,
  • birthright,
  • community,
  • countrywoman,
  • citizen,
  • citizenry.
  •
  • anthropoid,
  • ingrained,
  • aquatic,
  • articulate,
  • arboreal,
  • captive,
  • Caged,
  • asexual,
  • start,
  • congenital,
  • best-of-breed,
  • amphibious,
  • be,
  • androgynous,
  • constitutional.
  •autochthonal (noun)
  • autochthonal.
  •autochthonic (noun)
  • autochthonic.
  •autochthonous (noun)
  • autochthonous.
  •endemic (noun)
  • endemic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • indwelling,
  • connatural.
  •
  • intrinsic,
  • built-in,
  • inbred,
  • elemental.
  •homespun
  • homemade.

Paraphrases for Indigenous:

• Equivalence

  • Cardinal number
    aboriginal.
  • Adjective
    aboriginal.
  • Proper noun, singular
    aboriginals, Natives, aboriginal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    aboriginal.
  • Verb, past tense
    aboriginal.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    aboriginal.
  • Verb, base form
    aboriginal.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    non-Indigenous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    initial, authentic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Aborigines, Fishermen, Rights, CES, Fees, victims, Lawyers, Facilities, Its.
  • Verb, past tense
    Began.
  • Verb, past participle
    Submitted, identified, established, structured, Supplied, developed, Been.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    autochthonous, home-grown, vernacular, aboriginal-owned, predicate, ancestral.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Languages.
  • Noun, plural
    Populations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    autochthonous, predicate.

Antonyms for Indigenous:

• adj.

  • native, inborn
    foreign, alien.
  • Other antonyms:
    imported, external, expatriate, acquired, extraneous, Transplanted, exotic, accidental, immigrant, superficial, exterior, assumed, surface, coincidental, adscititious, strange, incidental, artificial, extrinsic, unnatural, adventitious.

Indigenous Sentence Examples:

• It is a charm I have never met with as indigenous in the South - West or Oil Rivers Fetish, and I think it has a heavier trace of Mohammedan influence in it than the Fangaree charm.

• Carlovingian architecture was perhaps more indigenous to Germany than to any other part of the vast Empire.