'Aboriginal' definitions:
Definition of 'Aboriginal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"
adjective
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: native, aboriginal] [ant: nonnative]
adjective
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" [syn: aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial]
noun
A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: Aborigine, Abo, Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine]
noun
Synonyms of 'aboriginal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aborigine,
- ancestral,
- antenatal,
- antepatriarchal,
- atavistic,
- autochthon,
- autochthonous,
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- basal,
- basic,
- beginning,
- budding,
- central,
- creative,
- crucial,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- endemic,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- homebred,
- homegrown,
- humanoid,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in ovo,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- indigene,
- indigenous,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- nascent,
- natal,
- native,
- native-born,
- original,
- parturient,
- patriarchal,
- postnatal,
- preadamite,
- preglacial,
- pregnant,
- prehistoric,
- prehuman,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primoprimitive,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- procreative,
- protogenic,
- protohistoric,
- protohuman,
- radical,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- savage,
- seminal,
- ur,
- vernacular