natives
Born there, stayed
Natives are people born in a particular place, or who have lived there long enough to be considered local: The natives know the best restaurants.
In colonial contexts, natives referred to indigenous peoples, often with condescending or racist overtones—a usage now largely avoided.
Native can also describe plants or animals originating in a region: These flowers are natives.
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
ancestors · progenitors · genealogy · roots · kinship · clan · tribe · family
Indigenous to a place
- autochthonousOriginating where found
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- tribalOf a clan
- ancestralOf one's forebears
original · endemic · local · homegrown · resident · inborn · inherent · integral
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
traditions · beliefs · spirituality · cosmology · taboos · totems · shamanism · artifacts
One's place of origin
- localOf this area
- residentOne who inhabits
- citizenLegal national member
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
denizen · compatriot · countryman · townsfolk · villager · homegrown · regional · domestic
Uncultivated flowering plants
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
wildlife · reintroduction · restoration · keystone · adaptation · rewilding
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- descentDownward slope or lineage
forebears · ancestors · progenitors · genealogy · roots · kinship · clan · tribe · family · dynasty
aboriginal
Indigenous to a place
- autochthonousOriginating where found
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- tribalOf a clan
ancestral · original · endemic · local · homegrown · resident · inborn · inherent · integral · traditional
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
mythology · traditions · beliefs · spirituality · cosmology · taboos · totems · shamanism · artifacts · handicrafts
hometown
One's place of origin
inhabitant · denizen · compatriot · countryman · townsfolk · villager · homegrown · regional · domestic · national
wildflowers
Uncultivated flowering plants
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
conservation · wildlife · reintroduction · restoration · keystone · adaptation · rewilding
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- localsresidents, villagers, townsfolk, inhabitants, dwellers
- British peopleBritons, British, English, Scottish, Welsh
- Colonial Americasconquistadors, colonization, Spanish conquest, encomienda, viceroyalty
- Siberian historySiberian exile, Cossacks, furs, explorers, trappers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
nativesforeigners
People from elsewhere
immigrants · outsiders · newcomers · aliens · nonnatives
nativesvisitors
People who come temporarily
tourists · travelers · transients · guests · sojourners
nativescolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
settlers · colonists · invaders · conquistadors · explorers
- native tongueLanguage acquired from infancy
- native languageFirst-acquired mode of speech
- native populationOriginal residents of place
- went nativeAdopted local customs fully
- native speakerOne who grew up speaking it
- nativity sceneManger birth depiction
native, nativity, nonnative, nativist, natively, nativism, native-born, nativities, nativists