| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long-standing, established |
| Synonyms: | abiding, accustomed, addicted, chronic, confirmed, continuing, customary, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, enduring, entrenched, fixed, habitual, habituated, hard-core, hardened, inbred, incorrigible, incurable, indurated, ineradicable, ingrained, innate, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, obstinate, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, persisting, set, settled, stubborn, sworn, usual |
| Antonyms: | short-lived |
| Main Entry: | inborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | natural |
| Synonyms: | congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingenerate, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | acquired, learned |
| Main Entry: | connate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innate |
| Synonyms: | built-in, congenital, connatural, hereditary, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inherited, native, natural |
| Main Entry: | connatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innate |
| Synonyms: | built-in, congenital, connate, hereditary, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inherited, native, natural |
| Main Entry: | habituated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chronic |
| Synonyms: | abiding, accustomed, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-l |
| Main Entry: | indwelling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constitutional |
| Synonyms: | built-in, complete, congenital, connate, connatural, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, unacquired, utter |
| Main Entry: | lingering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chronic |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual |
| Main Entry: | patrimonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancestral |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, hereditary, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
| Main Entry: | protracted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chronic |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual |