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Adjective: nonnative  'nón'ney-tiv
  1. Not being or composed of aborigines
    "the nonnative population of South Africa"
     
  2. Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
    "our large nonnative population"
    - foreign-born
     
  3. Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing

See also: foreign, strange

Antonym: native

Encyclopedia: Nonnative

Nearest

nonmetamorphic
non-metric
nonmigratory
nonmilitary
non-miscible
nonmodern
nonmonotonic
nonmotile
nonmoving
nonmusical
nonnative
nonnatural
nonnegative
non-negotiable
nonnomadic
nonnormative
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
no-no
nonobjective
nonobligatory
nonobservance