| Main Entry: | immanent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | native |
Synonyms: |
inborn, indwelling, inherent, intrinsic |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
Synonyms: |
built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
| Notes: | the word innate means 'inborn' and should apply to living things; inherent is 'essential, intrinsic' and applies best to nonliving things like ideas |
Antonyms: |
acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
inherent, bred in the bone, characteristic, congenital, congenite, connate, derived from within, essential, fixed, fundamental, hereditary, immanent, implanted, in the grain, inborn, inbred, incarnate, incurable, indigenous, ineradicable, ingenerate, ingrained, innate, instinctive, internal, intrinsic, intrinsical, invariable, inward, inwrought, longaminous, natural, normal, radical, running in the blood, subjective, thoroughbred, to the manner born, virtual
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