innate
Adjective
- Existing from birth; inherent or inborn.
- not established by conditioning or learning
Adjective Satellite
- being talented through inherited qualities
- "an innate talent"
- present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
Adj
- Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
- Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
- Instinctive; coming from instinct.
- Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.
Verb
- To cause to exist; to call into being.
Examples
- an innate anther
- innate ideas
- Some players have an innate ability to spot high-scoring words instantly.
Origin / Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the 1420's, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
born, congenital, inborn, natural, unconditioned, unlearned, congenite, connate, connatural, genetous, inbred, indigenous, ingenite, innate, native, to the manner born, unlearnt
Antonyms
conditioned, acquired, implanted, inculcated, infused, ingrafted, learned
Scrabble Score: 6
innate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinnate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
innate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary