intrinsic
Meaning of intrinsic
adjective
- belonging naturally; essential.
access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life
late 15th century (in the general sense ‘interior, inner’): from French intrinsèque, from late Latin intrinsecus, from the earlier adverb intrinsecus ‘inwardly, inwards’.
Information about intrinsic
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of intrinsic
in-trin-sic
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- intrinsic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
intrinsic synonyms
Meaning intrinsical:
Meaning existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute:
Meaning inborn; natural:
Meaning existing from birth:
Meaning produced by inbreeding:
Meaning (of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth:
Meaning (of a skill or quality) coming instinctively to a person; innate:
Meaning (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth; innate:
Meaning relating to someone's nature or physical condition:
Meaning (of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change:
Meaning unable to be separated or treated separately:
Meaning lasting or intended to last or remain unchanged indefinitely:
Meaning (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed:
Meaning unable to be destroyed or removed:
Meaning unable to be erased or forgotten:
Meaning necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental:
Meaning forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental:
Meaning forming a necessary base or core; of central importance:
Meaning significant as a cause or basis of something but not necessarily manifest or obvious:
Meaning having the power to establish or give organized existence to something:
Meaning forming an essential or typical feature; fundamental:
Meaning fundamental or central to the nature of something or someone:
Meaning absolutely necessary; essential:
Meaning needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential:
Meaning (especially of ideas or principles) existing in a person or thing from birth; innate:
Meaning belonging naturally; innate:
intrinsic antonyms
Meaning not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside:
Meaning buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself:
Translation of intrinsic
- French: intrinsèque
- German: intrinsisch
- Italian: intrinseco
- Spanish: intrínseco
Anagrams of intrinsic
Words that rhyme with intrinsic
angolensic, burgensic, forensic, ivorensic, nonforensic, nonsensic, somatotensic, unforensic, Ferotrinsic, extrinsic, nonextrinsic, unextrinsic
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