Adjective inherent has 3 senses
- built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral - existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
Antonym: extrinsic (indirect, via intrinsic)
- congenital, inborn, innate, inherent - present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
Antonyms: inheritable, heritable (indirect, via noninheritable)
- implicit in, inherent, underlying - in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"
Antonyms: explicit, expressed (indirect, via implicit)
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