aborigines

Main Entry:
aborigine [ab-uh-rij-uh-nee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: first inhabitant
Synonyms: aboriginal, autochthon, bushman, indigene, native, primitive
Main Entry: citizen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person native of country
Synonyms: John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter
Notes: a denizen is someone who inhabits a particular place while a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state, city, town, or other political community
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant
Main Entry: inhabitant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is resident of habitation
Synonyms: aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite
Main Entry: native
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person born in the country in which he/she dwells
Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, autochthon, citizen, dweller, home towner, indigene, inhabitant, local, national
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant, stranger
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Inhabitant.
Category: 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
Synonyms:
-nouns
inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter., native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones; Englishman, John Bull; newcomer (stranger)., aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster [U.S.], Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan., garrison, crew; population; people (mankind); colony, settlement; household; mir.
-adjectives
indigenous; native, natal; autochthonal, autochthonous; British; English; American; Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh; domestic; domiciliated, domiciled; naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary., in the occupation of; garrisoned by, occupied by.
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