indigen
4 synonyms for indigen, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A person native to a particular place.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
A variant of indigene; first used in a botanical sense by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.
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