existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute

an inherent distrust of strangers.

Grammar . standing before a noun.

inhering; infixed.

adjective

acquired , added , external , extrinsic , incidental , learned

adjective

built-in , characteristic , congenital , connate , constitutional , deep-rooted , deep-seated , distinctive , elementary , essential , fixed , fundamental , genetic , immanent , implicit , inborn , inbred , inbuilt , indigenous , indispensable , individual , indwelling , ingrained , inherited , innate , inner , instinctive , integral , integrated , internal , in the grain , intimate , intrinsic , inward , latent , native , natural , original , part and parcel , resident , running in the family , subjective , unalienablenotes:the word innate means \'inborn\' and should apply to living things; inherent is \'essential , intrinsic\' and applies best to nonliving things like ideas , connatural , elemental , adhering , basic , connatal , deeprooted , hereditary , inalienable , inexistent , inseparable , potential , structural