Main entry: native, aboriginal
Definition: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
Usage: native Americans; the aboriginal peoples of Australia
Antonyms: nonnative
Definition: not being or composed of aborigines
Main entry: aboriginal, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial
Definition: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Usage: aboriginal forests; primal eras before the appearance of life on earth; the forest primeval; primordial matter; primordial forms of life
Antonyms: middle
Definition: between an earlier and a later period of time
Antonyms: late
Definition: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
Definition: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
Antonyms: middle
Definition: of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
Antonyms: late
Definition: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
Antonyms: tardily, late, belatedly
Definition: later than usual or than expected