PRIMITIVE
Scrabble letter values: P3R1I1M3I1T1I1V4E1 = 16
Definition
- noun a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. — synonyms: primitive_person
- noun a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.
- noun a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms.
- adjective belonging to an early stage of technical development. — synonyms: crude, rude
- adjective little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type. — synonyms: archaic
- adjective used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies.
- adjective of or created by one without formal training. — synonyms: naive
Examples
- “`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived”
- “characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness”
- “the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man”