Synonyms for indigenous
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Native
native, autochthonous, endemic, vernacular, autochthonal, autochthonic, enchorial
Other
aboriginal, natural, local, wild, innate, in-bred, congenital, connate, connatural
Definitions
- adj. 1
Native to a land, especially before colonization.
The Aboriginals were indigenous to Victoria before the World War.
Related words
- Word family
- indigeneity indigenist indigenousness indigent
- Phrases
- indigenous medicine
Example sentences
- native What can I do to sound more like a native speaker?
- endemic Algeria needs to eliminate its endemic corruption.
- vernacular I write Berber in its Kabyle vernacular form.
- wild When the band took the stage, the crowd went wild.
- aboriginal Layla reached an Aboriginal settlement in safety.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indigenous | rising | |
| native | steady | |
| endemic | rising | |
| vernacular | rising | |
| autochthonous | steady | |
| wild | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wild1
- 5 letters
- local2
- 6 letters
- native2, innate2
- 7 letters
- natural3, endemic3, connate
- 9 letters
- enchorial
- 10 letters
- aboriginal5, congenital4, vernacular4, connatural
- 12 letters
- autochthonal, autochthonic
- 13 letters
- autochthonous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (local2 = 2 syllables).