What is the opposite of a native?

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Contexts ▼▲ Adjective Opposite of of the indigenous inhabitants of a place Opposite of belonging to, or made in, a particular place Opposite of in a raw, natural or unrefined state Opposite of innate or instinctive to a person or thing Opposite of done or based on an innate facility rather than with forethought Opposite of existing in an environment predating human technology, production, and design Opposite of having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character Opposite of implanted within the body Opposite of naturally as part or consequence of something Opposite of wild or feral, having not been domesticated Opposite of denotes the state or country where one makes their dwelling Opposite of of, or pertaining to, everyday or colloquial language (especially of plants) Opposite of uninhabited or cultivated Opposite of preceding all others of a series or kind Opposite of characteristic of, or related to, a particular nation Opposite of having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character Opposite of used in or suitable for everyday conversation rather than formal or official contexts Opposite of relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society Opposite of forming an inherent or fundamental part of the nature of someone or something Opposite of using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning Opposite of relating to a town or district or its governing body Opposite of relating to the regions of a country rather than the capital Opposite of local to a particular place Noun Opposite of an original inhabitant, animal, species or plant of a place or region Opposite of a (usually longtime) resident of a locality … more ▼ ▲ Adjective ▲ Opposite of of the indigenous inhabitants of a place immigrant migrant colonial expatriate nomad emigrant emigrating immigrating migrational migrative migratorial nomadic vagabond “The area is a fantastic place to do research because of its immigrant history and rapid settlement in the 19th century.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of belonging to, or made in, a particular place nonindigenous nonnative foreign introduced imported outside alien exotic allochthonous unnaturalized non-native tropical new modern adventitious migrant expatriate “After years of intense grazing, existing chaparral and coastal scrub communities were largely replaced by nonnative grasses.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of in a raw, natural or unrefined state processed refined dressed treated handled manufactured prepared fine fine-grained unnatural polished clarified purified pure cleansed distilled rectified filtered expurgated clear “The highly processed foods and low-quality meats can affect health, both physically and mentally.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of innate or instinctive to a person or thing acquired learned adventitious extrinsic unnatural fostered extraneous incidental accidental added meditated nonhereditary developed surface experienced artificial taught earned appended cosmetic accomplished contracted extra not included nurtured affected assumed cultivated “If I continue with this newly acquired skill of holding my breath, I may still survive.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of done or based on an innate facility rather than with forethought learned acquired voluntary conscious considered nonmechanical calculated deliberate extrinsic meditated premeditated reasonable sensible thinking reasoned Adjective ▲ Opposite of existing in an environment predating human technology, production, and design artificial unnatural manufactured fabricated contrived simulated fake pretend synthetic unreal faked substitute false man-made “Activists believe that animals should not be made to live in artificial settings such as zoo enclosures.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character acquired nonnatural contracted Adjective ▲ Opposite of implanted within the body incomplete Adjective ▲ Opposite of naturally as part or consequence of something extrinsic alien adventitious inapplicable irrelevant unassociated unconcerned inappropriate unconnected unrelated inapt immaterial impertinent beside the point foreign extraneous peripheral off the point wide of the mark off the subject not pertinent “He castigates prize judges for giving the top awards to books for reasons extrinsic to literature.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of wild or feral, having not been domesticated broken busted domestic domesticated gentled tame tamed cultivated habituated farm semidomesticated trained docile submissive housebroken Adjective ▲ Opposite of denotes the state or country where one makes their dwelling foreign exotic international imported offshore overseas external outside unknown unfamiliar non-native nonnative adopted alien immigrant nonresident second migrant expatriate secondary nonindigenous distant adventitious antipodal faraway “Under the current model, domestic and foreign goods are no longer considered perfect substitutes.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of of, or pertaining to, everyday or colloquial language bookish formal learned literary abnormal different extraordinary refined uncommon Adjective ▲ (especially of plants) Opposite of uninhabited or cultivated cultivated agrarian agricultural tamed tilled hothouse planted “Although no one would plant these weedy types, they all have attractive, cultivated cousins.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of preceding all others of a series or kind final last latest newest ultimate latter terminal terminating “It will be the final iteration of the model, and it will the most complete set features in comparison to its predecessors.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of characteristic of, or related to, a particular nation international nonnational global worldwide intercontinental cosmopolitan multinational transnational universal world catholic ecumenical foreign all-embracing planetary “The international agency polices the development of atomic energy facilities.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character unnatural learned nonnatural practisedUK practicedUS trained schooled skilled educated prepared disciplined bred “Disclosing negative emotions without hurting one's partner is an unnatural skill and seldom learned very well in our society.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of used in or suitable for everyday conversation rather than formal or official contexts unidiomatic nonidiomatic stilted Adjective ▲ Opposite of relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society acultural philistine uncultured Adjective ▲ Opposite of forming an inherent or fundamental part of the nature of someone or something superficial inessential minor unessential cosmetic insignificant needless uncritical unnecessary unneeded useless extrinsic irrelevant noncompulsory nonessential peripheral redundant superfluous trivial unimportant causeless dispensable excess expendable extraneous ignorable unnatural unrequired accidental additional extra ornamental secondary spare surplus token “A dimple is an aesthetically pleasing but superficial feature on the flesh of the human body, most notably in the cheeks.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning reasoned logical rational clear considered sensible cogent coherent commonsense lucid commonsensible commonsensical analytic informed just justified levelheaded reasonable sound judicious sober valid intelligent solid well-expressed well-founded well-presented well-thought-out “Your class gave me the tools to understand the forces at work upon my conscience and to make a reasoned decision.” Adjective ▲ Opposite of relating to a town or district or its governing body rural country private suburban Adjective ▲ Opposite of relating to the regions of a country rather than the capital national Adjective ▲ Opposite of local to a particular place general irrelevant old past systemic unrestricted Noun ▲ Opposite of an original inhabitant, animal, species or plant of a place or region foreigner nonnational outsider nonnative settler tourist visitor alien incomer newcomer outlander non-native immigrant stranger noncitizen transient refugee foreign national nonresident offcomer guest illegal illegal alien gweilo metœcus foreign person greenhorn fresh off the boat floater resident alien blow in asylum seeker “The language, behavior, manners, and values have to be acquired in order for the foreigner to be taken as one of them.” Noun ▲ Opposite of a (usually longtime) resident of a locality visitor guest habitué outsider transient visitant caller daytripper frequenter globetrotter holidaymaker sightseer stranger tourist travelerUS travellerUK vacationer vacationist backpacker excursionist invitee pilgrim tourer drop-in explorer jet-setter out-of-towner voyager foreigner alien outlander landlord immigrant newcomer incomer nonnative “It wasn't known if the irate customer was a local recluse or a visitor 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