Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of non-native.
I aped the accent of a nonnative speaker.
2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 1621 more example
In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
2013 January 28, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64
plural nonnatives
- alternativeAlternative form of non-native.
If you're a Chicagoan, you will find something in each that you didn't know about; nonnatives will find something in each they'll wish they'd read before making their last trip.
1988 March 25, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Our City, Ourselves”, in Chicago Reader
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot being or composed of aborigines
adjectiveof persons born in another area or country than that lived in
adjectiveof plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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nonnative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonnative
“nonnative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonnative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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