PRIMITIVE

/ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/ ► audio Scrabble 16 Words With Friends 19

Definition

  1. noun a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. — synonyms: primitive_person
  2. noun a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.
  3. noun a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms.
  4. adjective belonging to an early stage of technical development. — synonyms: crude, rude
  5. adjective little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type. — synonyms: archaic
  6. adjective used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies.
  7. adjective of or created by one without formal training. — synonyms: naive

Examples

  • “primitive innocence;   the primitive church”
  • “a primitive style of dress”
  • “primitive ideas”

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