Thesaurus:innate

Thesaurus

innate

English

Adjective

Sense: possessed by an organism at birth

Synonyms

• connate
• connatural
• congenital
• congenite (obsolete)
• genetous (archaic)
• inborn
• inbred
• indigenous
• ingenite
• innate
• native    [⇒ thesaurus]
• natural
• to the manner born
• unlearned
• unlearnt

Antonyms

• acquired
• implanted
• ingrafted
• inculcated
• infused
• learned    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• hardwired
• instinctive

Hypernyms

• intrinsic    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• run in the family

See also

• Thesaurus:inveterate

Further reading

• “5. intrinsicality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “innate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.