LOCALITE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

localite

noun

ˈlō-kə-ˌlīt

Definition of localite

as in native

a usually longtime resident of a locality visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that "conch" is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk

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Recent Examples of localite Our list of hard studying localites include, from Beachwood, Celia Edelstein and Dorian Miller. — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018

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Noun

Falcons defensive tackle Maason Smith, a native of Houma, Louisiana, some 45 minutes south of New Orleans, supplied 20-to-30 tickets for his friends and family.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026
At one point during the step-and-repeat, power couple Gloria and Emilio Estefan linked up with Hialeah native turned Hollywood heavy-hitter Marco Ramirez, who wrote the book the play was based on.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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State officials in August announced that two unvaccinated residents died after being infected with measles.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Instead, the island became self-sufficient, with the majority of residents managing their own farmland, with the island still bearing its patchwork quilt of stone walls and boundary lines.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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