inborn

[in-bawrn]

adjective

1. naturally present at birth; innate.

   Synonyms: hereditary, congenital, native, natural, inherent, inbred
   Antonyms: learned

inborn

/ ˈɪnˈbɔːn /

adjective

1. existing from birth; congenital; innate

Word History and Origins

Origin of inborn¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English inboren “native, indigenous”; in- ¹, born

Synonym Study

See innate.

Example Sentences

But to Kaley Chiles, a Christian evangelical therapist who sued the state to be able to offer conversion therapy, internalized queerphobia is an inborn quality.

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On one hand, they argue gender isn’t just inborn and immutable but that it’s wholly deterministic.

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Despite insisting that gender is both inborn and immutable, the right's behavior reveals a fear that men and women aren't as different as their ideology holds.

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In psychology, the theory that the ability to imitate is inborn held sway for a long time.

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You could have inborn errors, such as polymorphisms in genes that are well described for host immunity.

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Related Words

• congenital 
• hereditary 
• ingrained 
• innate 
• instinctive 
• intrinsic 
• intuitive