inborn

Definitions

Existing from the time of a person's or animal's birth; innate.

Natural or inherent to a person or thing.

Examples

She possessed an inborn talent for playing the piano that amazed her teachers.

Many scientists believe that the desire to explore is an inborn trait in human beings.

Synonyms

innate inherent congenital hereditary natural instinctive ingrained

Antonyms

acquired learned cultivated extrinsic developed taught non-native