Definition:
- (a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
- (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
- (a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
- (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
- (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
- (n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
- (n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator.
- (n.) A person of marked eccentricity.
- (n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
Compare original with other words:
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caution vs. original
original vs. pure
original vs. principle
original vs. precise
original vs. traditional
main vs. original
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cunabula vs. original
hectograph vs. original
original vs. originant
original vs. originalness
original vs. standard
original vs. rendition
basic vs. original
odd vs. original
original vs. raw
original vs. primal
original vs. trite
hackneyed vs. original
innovative vs. original
ingenuity vs. original
creative vs. original
genesis vs. original
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invention vs. original
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original vs. weird
original vs. originary
original vs. recondition
incomer vs. original
original vs. springy
original vs. originalist
edited vs. original
original vs. primordial
authentic vs. original
display vs. original
original vs. prototypical
ingenious vs. original
original vs. restoration
original vs. reversible
archetype vs. original
original vs. transcribe
original vs. script
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backup vs. original
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conventional vs. original
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master vs. original
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novel vs. original
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original vs. pattern
banal vs. original
classic vs. original
original vs. remake
eccentric vs. original
original vs. originative
original vs. originate
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initial vs. original
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original vs. publication
original vs. resile
aboriginal vs. original
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