innate

About 4.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
2. adjective Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.

   innate ideas

3. adjective Instinctive; coming from instinct.
4. adjective Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

   an innate anther

5. verb To cause to exist; to call into being.

Similar words

congenital born inborn natural unconditioned unlearned noninheritable nonheritable inherent intrinsic

Often followed by

and ideas in ability sense or capacity immune tendency

Word family

innately innateness innatenesses