Meanings
alternative archaic inhærent
- not comparableNaturally as part or consequence of something.
There is a stern melancholy in his dark features, inherent and engrossing, which rivets the attention.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 244–2451 more example
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891Synonyms: inbuilt, ingrained, intrinsic, built-in, essential, immanent, inborn, resident · Antonyms: extrinsic, accidental, adscititious, external, extraneous, extrinsic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNaturally as part or consequence of something.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexisting as an essential constituent or characteristic
adjectivein the nature of something though not readily apparent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Latinhaereō
- Latininhaereō
- Latininhaerentem
- Englishinherent
From Latin inhaerentem, accusative singular of inhaerēns, present active participle of inhaereō (“to be closely connected with; to adhere to”).
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Arabic مُتَأَصِّل
- مُتَأَصِّل (mutaʔaṣṣil)natural part or consequence
Bulgarian присъ́щ, вроден
- присъ́щ (prisắšt)natural part or consequence
- вроден (vroden)natural part or consequence
- сво́йствен (svójstven)natural part or consequence
Catalan inherent
- inherentnatural part or consequence
Chinese Mandarin 固有, 內在 /内在
- 固有 (gùyǒu)natural part or consequence
- 內在 /内在 (nèizài)natural part or consequence
Czech inherentní, vrozený
- inherentnínatural part or consequence
- vrozenýnatural part or consequence
Danish naturlig, iboende
- naturlignatural part or consequence
- iboendenatural part or consequence
Dutch inherent, samengaand
- inherentnatural part or consequence
- samengaandnatural part or consequence
Esperanto propre
- proprenatural part or consequence
Estonian omane
- omanenatural part or consequence
Finnish luontainen, synnynnäinen
- luontainennatural part or consequence
- synnynnäinennatural part or consequence
French intrinsèque, inhérent
- intrinsèquenatural part or consequence
- inhérentnatural part or consequence
German innewohnend, inhärent
- innewohnendnatural part or consequence
- inhärentnatural part or consequence
Greek συμφυής
- συμφυής (symfyís)natural part or consequence
Hebrew טָבוּעַ
- טָבוּעַ (tavua)natural part or consequence
Hindi जन्मजात
- जन्मजात (janmajāt)natural part or consequence
Hungarian inherens, benne rejlő
- inherensnatural part or consequence
- benne rejlőnatural part or consequence
Icelandic áskapaður, meðfæddur
- áskapaðurnatural part or consequence
- meðfæddurnatural part or consequence
- eðlislægurnatural part or consequence
Italian insito, inerente
- insitonatural part or consequence
- inerentenatural part or consequence
- attinentenatural part or consequence
- pertinentenatural part or consequence
Japanese 固有の
- 固有の (koyū no)natural part or consequence
Korean 고유의
- 고유의 (goyuui)natural part or consequence
Latvian raksturīgs
- raksturīgsnatural part or consequence
Lithuanian būdingas
- būdingasnatural part or consequence
Norwegian Bokmål iboende, naturlig
- iboendenatural part or consequence
- naturlignatural part or consequence
Polish nieodłączny, właściwy
- nieodłącznynatural part or consequence
- właściwynatural part or consequence
- inherentnynatural part or consequence
- przyrodzonynatural part or consequence
- niewykluczalnynatural part or consequence
Portuguese inerente
- inerentenatural part or consequence
Romanian inerent, intrinsec
- inerentnatural part or consequence
- intrinsecnatural part or consequence
Russian врождённый, прирождённый
- врождённый (vroždjónnyj)natural part or consequence
- прирождённый (priroždjónnyj)natural part or consequence
- прису́щий (prisúščij)natural part or consequence
- сво́йственный (svójstvennyj)natural part or consequence
Slovak inherentný, prirodzený
- inherentnýnatural part or consequence
- prirodzenýnatural part or consequence
- vrodenýnatural part or consequence
Spanish inherente
- inherentenatural part or consequence
Swedish naturligt nedärvd, inneboende
- naturligt nedärvdnatural part or consequence
- inneboendenatural part or consequence
- inherentnatural part or consequence
- naturlignatural part or consequence
- medföddnatural part or consequence
- inneburennatural part or consequence
Tagalog kadikit
- kadikitnatural part or consequence
Tamil உள்ளார்ந்த
- உள்ளார்ந்த (uḷḷārnta)natural part or consequence
Turkish doğal, içkin
- doğalnatural part or consequence
- içkinnatural part or consequence
Ukrainian приро́джений, власти́вий
- приро́джений (pryródženyj)natural part or consequence
- власти́вий (vlastývyj)natural part or consequence
Cite this entry
inherent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inherent
“inherent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inherent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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