1. (noun)native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal an indigenous person who was born in a particularplace "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
4. (adj)native characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
5. (adj)native belonging to one by birth "my native land"; "one's native language"
6. (adj)native, aboriginal characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
7. (adj)native as found in nature in the elemental form "native copper"