PRIMITIVE
/ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/ ► audio Scrabble 16 Words With Friends 19
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
- “primitive innocence; the primitive church”
- “a primitive style of dress”
- “primitive ideas”
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