Primitive

Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
  • (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
  • (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.

Compare primitive with other words:

origin vs. primitive

primitive vs. traditional

ancient vs. primitive

primitive vs. primitivity

archenteron vs. primitive

primitive vs. primitivism

derived vs. primitive

mobile vs. primitive

primitive vs. rudiment

primitive vs. rudimentary

primitive vs. simple

advanced vs. primitive

primal vs. primitive

originary vs. primitive

plesiomorphic vs. primitive

primitive vs. primitively

parachronistic vs. primitive

barbarianism vs. primitive

primitive vs. throwback

prehistoric vs. primitive

primitive vs. primordial

archaic vs. primitive

cyclostome vs. primitive

lancelet vs. primitive

cheapo vs. primitive

lamprey vs. primitive

agriology vs. primitive

cloaca vs. primitive

backwards vs. primitive

primitive vs. primitiveness

evolution vs. primitive

obsolete vs. primitive

prime vs. primitive

antiderivative vs. primitive

derivative vs. primitive

geometric vs. primitive

person vs. primitive

member vs. primitive

primitive vs. society

kin vs. primitive

primitive vs. sublimate

modern vs. primitive

crude vs. primitive

aboriginal vs. primitive