native
adjectiveHow many syllables in native?
There are 2 syllables in the word native.How to pronounce native:
Definition of native:
- native (adjective):
- inborn, innate
- relating to a place where a person was born
- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
Synonyms for native:
aboriginal
autochthonal
autochthonic
autochthonous
born
domestic
endemic
home
indigenous
local
mother
national
native-born
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- nanny
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- nailah
- nacho
- nabal
- mythic
- myna
- mutton
- mutter
- mutest
- mutate
- mutant
- musing
- musa
- murphy
- murmur
- muriel
- mural
- mumbles
- multi
- muffing
- mudded
- mozart
- mower
- moulting
- mottos
- motioned
- motel
- moses
- moscow
- morty
- morais
- mopping
- monstruo
- monsters
- moments
- molting
- mollusk
- molded
- molave
- molasses
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