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Innate

Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

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Intelligent 84% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Intelligent 84% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Naive 84% connected

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

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Naive 84% connected

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

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Innateness 74% connected

The quality of being innate.

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Innateness 74% connected

The quality of being innate.

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Born 92% connected

of Bear

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Congenital 92% connected

Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Co…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inborn 92% connected

Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Natural 92% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unconditioned 92% connected

Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unlearned 92% connected

Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.

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