innate

Meaning

Adj

1. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
2. Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
3. Instinctive; coming from instinct.
4. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

Verb

To cause to exist; to call into being.

Synonyms

inborn

natural

inherent

native

congenital

inbred

congentital

born

🐣

intrinsic

hereditary

instinctive

substantial

essential

integral

unlearned

vital

indigenous

fundamental

built-in

connate

congenial

connatural

unconditioned

bred-in-the-bone

connected

constitutional

disposition

gist

immanent

ingrain

inherited

intellectual

intuitive

mental

nature

original

peculiar

real

uncontested

natal

basifixed

ingenerate

existing naturally

natu-ral

a priori

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈneɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of innāscor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“be born”); see natal, native.