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intrinsic - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | intrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, inborn |
| Synonyms: | built-in, central, congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inbred, inherent, inmost, innate, intimate, material, native, natural, particular, peculiar, real, true, underlying, connate, constitutive, indwelling |
| Antonyms: | accidental, acquired, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | basic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elementary, fundamental |
| Synonyms: | basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, underlying, vital, substratal |
| Antonyms: | additional, extra, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | born |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innate |
| Synonyms: | built-in, congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, inborn, inbred, inherent, intrinsic, natural, ingenerate |
| Notes: | born means brought into existence while borne means carried or transported |
| Main Entry: | component |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constituent |
| Synonyms: | basic, elemental, fundamental, inherent, integral, intrinsic, composing, part and parcel of, part of |
| Main Entry: | congenital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inborn |
| Synonyms: | complete, constitutional, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, utter, connate, connatural, indwelling, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | contracted |
| Main Entry: | egotistic/egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, inflated, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up*, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egomaniacal, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring, stuck on oneself |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming, selfless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fundamental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, important |
| Synonyms: | axiomatic, basal, bottom, cardinal, central, constitutional, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, first, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, major, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, requisite, rudimentary, significant, structural, supporting, theoretical, underlying, vital, axiological, bottom-line, constitutive, foundational, grass-roots, meat-and-potatoes, substratal, substrative, sustaining, underived |
| Antonyms: | additional, advanced, auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | inborn/inbred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming from birth; natural |
| Synonyms: | congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, connate, connatural, indwelling, ingenerate, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | acquired, earned |
| Main Entry: | ingrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep-rooted |
| Synonyms: | built-in, chronic, confirmed, congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, fixed, fundamental, hereditary, inborn, inbred, indelible, inherent, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, rooted, implanted, in the blood, inbuilt, indwelling, ineradicable |
| Antonyms: | superficial, surface |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
| Synonyms: | built-in, characteristic, congenital, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indispensable, individual, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, subjective, connate, in the grain, inbuilt, indwelling, running in the family, unalienable |
| Antonyms: | acquired, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned, added |
| Main Entry: | innate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inherited, native |
| Synonyms: | congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, essential, hereditary, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, natural, normal, regular, standard, typical, connate, connatural, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | acquired, extrinsic, learned |
| Main Entry: | instinctive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reflex, automatic |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, by seat of one's pants, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctual, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk*, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral |
| Antonyms: | conscious, deliberate, meditated, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | internal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within |
| Synonyms: | civic, constitutional, domestic, enclosed, gut, home, indigenous, inherent, innate, inner, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intrinsic, inward, municipal, national, native, private, subjective, visceral, centralized, circumscribed, in-house, innermore, intramural, viscerous |
| Antonyms: | external, outer |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, covert, idle, immature, implied, inactive, inert, inferential, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexpressed, unripe, unseen, veiled, abeyant, between the lines, contained, in abeyance, inferred, smoldering, suppressed, unexposed, unrealized, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | own |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belonging to individual |
| Synonyms: | endemic, individual, inherent, intrinsic, mine, owned, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, hers, his, its, theirs, very own, yours |
| Main Entry: | real |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | genuine in existence |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, authentic, bodily, bona fide, certain, concrete, corporal, corporeal, de facto, essential, evident, existing, factual, firm, heartfelt, honest, incarnate, indubitable, intrinsic, irrefutable, legitimate, live, material, original, palpable, perceptible, physical, positive, present, right, rightful, sensible, sincere, solid, sound, stable, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, unaffected, undeniable, undoubted, unfeigned, valid, veritable, embodied, existent, in the flesh |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, fake, false, feigned, imaginary, invalid, untrue |
| Main Entry: | underlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fundamental, latent |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, bottom, cardinal, concealed, critical, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, hidden, indispensable, intrinsic, lurking, necessary, nitty-gritty*, nub, primary, prime, primitive, radical, root, veiled, vital, bottom-line, needful, substratal |
| Antonyms: | secondary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | visceral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, automatic, congenital, habitual, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, intuitive, knee-jerk*, natural, reflex, rooted, instinctual, intuitional, second-nature |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immanent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | native |
| Synonyms: | inborn, inherent, intrinsic, indwelling |
| Main Entry: | egotistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceited |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, idiosyncratic, inborn, inflated, ingrained, inherent, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, unpretentious, selfless |
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