Synonyms for intrinsic
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Inherent — innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential
inherent, innate, internal, essential, natural, integral, inborn, immanent, real, ingrained, true, genuine, implicit, inner, native, built-in, in-bred, congenital, inward, constitutional, radical, intimate
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
the intrinsic merit of an action
Related words
- Word family
- intrinsicality intrinsically intrinsicness integrated internal
- Phrases
- intrinsic protein
- Is a kind of
- necessary requisite
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Frequently intrinsic and inherent can be interchanged, but inherent applies to qualities, while intrinsic applies to essence, so that to speak of intrinsic excellence conveys higher praise than if we say inherent excellence.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- internal He suffered internal injuries in the car accident.
- essential Selfishness is an essential part of his character.
- inherent It seems to be something inherent to the human race.
- innate Gauss had an innate talent for mathematical problems.
By length
- 4 letters
- real1, true1
- 5 letters
- inner2
- 6 letters
- native2, innate2, inward2, inborn2
- 7 letters
- natural3, genuine3, radical3
- 8 letters
- internal3, intimate3, integral3, inherent3, implicit3, immanent3
- 9 letters
- essential3, ingrained2
- 10 letters
- congenital4
- 11 letters
- intrinsical
- 14 letters
- constitutional5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inner2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intrinsèque
- Italiano
- intrinseco
- Español
- intrínseco
- Deutsch
- intrinsisch