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Textual thesaurus for "aboriginal"

(adj) primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

aboriginal forests; primal eras before the appearance of life on earth; the forest primeval; primordial matter; primordial forms of life


(adj) native

characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

native Americans; the aboriginal peoples of Australia


(adj) Aboriginal

of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia

an Aboriginal rite


(noun) native, aborigine, indigen, indigene

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

the art of the natives of the northwest coast; the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students


(noun) native Australian, Abo, Aboriginal, Aborigine, Australian Aborigine

a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived