Search Result for "inherent":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;
- Example: "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"
- Example: "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
[syn: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral]
2. in the nature of something though not readily apparent;
- Example: "shortcomings inherent in our approach"
- Example: "an underlying meaning"
[syn: implicit in(p), inherent, underlying]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inherent \In*her"ent\, a. [L. inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F. inh['e]rent. See Inhere.] Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. "A most inherent baseness." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. --Southey. Syn: Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought; inseparable; essential; indispensable. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "inherent": accessible, at hand, attendant, automatic, available, basic, born, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-seated, distinctive, elemental, elementary, esoteric, essential, fundamental, hereditary, immanent, immediate, implanted, implicit, impulsive, in view, inalienable, inborn, inbred, indigenous, individual, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, internal, intimate, intrinsic, involuntary, inward, inwrought, irreducible, libidinal, native, natural, normal, on board, on deck, on hand, peculiar, present, private, regular, resident, secret, spontaneous, subjective, subliminal, typical, unalienable, unchallengeable, unconscious, unlearned, unquestionable, within call, within reach, within sight
