innate | Definition of innate

Synonyms and Antonyms of innate

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

an innate athletic ability that allowed him to excel at just about any sport he tried his hand at

Synonyms of innate

built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), inherent, integral, intrinsic, native, natural

Words Related to innate

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with innate

Near Antonyms of innate

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of innate

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic