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nativelike

nativelike adjective: characteristic of a native speaker.

Adjective

nativelike (comparative more nativelike, superlative most nativelike)

  1. Characteristic of a native speaker.
    • nativelike proficiency

Forms of nativelike

comparativemore nativelike
superlativemost nativelike
alternative formnative-like

Origin of nativelike

From native + -like.

Words formed from nativelike

Questions about nativelike

What does nativelike mean?
Nativelike means characteristic of a native speaker.
What part of speech is nativelike?
Nativelike is an adjective.

Words near nativelike in the dictionary

  1. native-speaker
  2. native-speakerism
  3. native-speaking
  4. nativehen
  5. nativehens
  6. nativelike
  7. nativelikeness
  8. natively
  9. nativeness
  10. nativenesses
  11. natives

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