NLN PAX Verbal English Practice Exam

Synonyms are words with very similar meanings. Indigenous and native both convey origin in a place, rather than being from elsewhere. They can usually be used interchangeably when talking about people who have long-standing ties to a region or were born there. Indigenous is a more formal term and often appears in legal or cultural contexts, while native is common in everyday language. The other terms describe being from outside or moving to a place (alien, foreign, immigrant), so they don’t share the same meaning as indigenous.