Antonyms of adj inbuilt

1 sense of inbuilt

Sense 1
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")

INDIRECT (VIA intrinsic) -> extrinsic -- (not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid")

Similarity of adj inbuilt

1 sense of inbuilt

Sense 1
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")
       => intrinsic (vs. extrinsic), intrinsical -- (belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey)

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