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Nonnative

/nɒnˈneɪtɪv/

Someone who is not a native

📖 Definitions of "Nonnative"

noun

adjective

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
foreignnoun	Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
foreign-bornnoun	A person who was born outside outside of their country of residence or citizenship.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
nativenoun	Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
aboriginalnoun	Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
foreign-born	Being born outside of one's country of residence.
foreignnoun	Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
non-native	Not native; not indigenous to a particular area; foreign; invasive.
alien	Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
nonnativesnoun	Alternative form of non-native. [A person who is not native.]
nonindigenous	Not indigenous; not native to an area.
nativenoun	A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
invasivesnoun	(biology) An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant.
adventive	(biology) Of a plant: not native, but introduced by humans to a place and since naturalized.
nonnatural	Not natural.
indigenous	Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
autochthonous	Native to the place where found; indigenous.
geminatenoun	(phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.
unnaturalized	Not naturalized.
anadromous	(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
nonparasitic	Not parasitic.
nontarget	That is not a target.
congeneric	Of or pertaining to congeners (organisms of the same genus)
bunchgrassnoun	Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.
unassimilated	Not assimilated.