Synonyms for aboriginal

Noun

1. Aborigine, Abo, Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine, Australian, Aussie, ethnic group, ethnos

usage: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

Adjective

1. native (vs. nonnative), aboriginal

usage: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

2. aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial, early (vs. middle) (vs. late)

usage: 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"