native born
Born right here
Native born describes someone born in the country being discussed, as opposed to immigrants or naturalized citizens: a native-born American, native-born citizens.
The term appears frequently in legal and political contexts, particularly in debates about citizenship requirements and immigration policy.
Sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not.
- citizenLegal national member
- homelandOne's native land
- home countryOne's nation of origin
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
patriot · true blue · soil · old country · roots · ancestry · domestic · local · homegrown · countryman · motherland · fatherland · place of birth · blood · heritage · belonging · passport · territorial
- Israelissabra, settler, new immigrant, Bedouin, Druze
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- Censuscensus bureau, census tract, enumeration, enumerator, headcount
- census datapopulation census, census forms, census form, census report, census reports
- nationalismpatriotism, America First, folk heroes, patriotic art, anthems
native bornnaturalized
Given citizenship status
foreign-born · naturalized citizen · foreign born · immigrant · non-native
native bornforeign-born
Native to elsewhere
foreign · non-native · outsider · transplant · alien
native, born, nativity, nation, national, nationality, nationalize, nationalization, nationalist