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| Main Entry: |
inborn/inbred
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming from birth; 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, earned |
| Main Entry: | instinctive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reflex, automatic |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, by seat of one's pants, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctual, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral |
| Antonyms: | conscious, deliberate, meditated, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | internal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within |
| Synonyms: | centralized, circumscribed, civic, constitutional, domestic, enclosed, gut, home, in-house, indigenous, inherent, innate, inner, innermore, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, municipal, national, native, private, subjective, visceral, viscerous |
| Antonyms: | external, outer |
| Main Entry: | intrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, inborn |
| Synonyms: | built-in, central, congenital, connate, constitutional, constitutive, deep-seated, elemental, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inbred, indwelling, inherent, inmost, innate, intimate, material, native, natural, particular, peculiar, real, true, underlying |
| Antonyms: | accidental, acquired, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | municipal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning cities |
| Synonyms: | borough, burghal, city, civic, civil, community, corporate, domestic, home, incorporated, internal, local, metropolitan, native, public, town, urban |
| Antonyms: | country, suburban |
| Main Entry: | national |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning a country with a |
| Synonyms: | civil, communal, countrywide, domestic, ethnic, federal, general, government civic, governmental, home, imperial, inland, internal, interstate, nationwide, native, politic, political, public, royal, social, societal, sovereign, state, sweeping, vernacular, widespread |
| Antonyms: | local |
| Main Entry: | natural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, everyday |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, anticipated, characteristic, common, commonplace, congenital, connatural, consistent, constant, counted on, customary, essential, familiar, general, habitual, inborn, indigenous, ingenerate, inherent, innate, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, legitimate, logical, looked for, matter-of-course, natal, native, ordinary, prevailing, prevalent, probable, reasonable, regular, relied on, spontaneous, typic, typical, unacquired, uncontrolled, uniform, universal, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, uncommon, unnatural |
| Main Entry: | natural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | organic, unrefined |
| Synonyms: | agrarian, agrestal, crude, native, plain, pure, raw, unbleached, uncultivated, undomesticated, unmixed, unpolished, unprocessed, whole, wild |
| Antonyms: | artificial, fixed, modified, refined, unnatural |
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fundamental, basic |
| Synonyms: | basal, bottom, cardinal, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, foundational, inherent, innate, intrinsic, meat-and-potatoes, native, natural, organic, original, primal, primary, primitive, profound, thoroughgoing, underlying, vital |
| Antonyms: | extrinsic, nonessential, superficial |
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