2. (noun)primary, primary feather, primary quill one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing Synonyms: primary coil, primary feather, primary quill, primary election, primary winding, primary Antonyms: auxiliary, unessential, secondhand, secondary, vicarious, standby, substitute(a), collateral, alternative, substitute, tributary, alternate, unimportant, incidental, second-string, inessential, supplementary, thirdhand, derived, supplemental, incident, indirect, subsidiary, utility(a)
3. (noun)primary (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it Synonyms: primary coil, primary feather, primary quill, primary election, primary winding Antonyms: utility(a), vicarious, alternate, incidental, substitute, secondhand, unimportant, substitute(a), alternative, incident, subsidiary, secondary, second-string, tributary, supplemental, thirdhand, indirect, auxiliary, derived, inessential, supplementary, unessential, standby, collateral
4. (adj)primary coil, primary winding, primary coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit Synonyms: primary coil, primary feather, primary quill, primary election, primary winding, primary Antonyms: auxiliary, unessential, subsidiary, tributary, vicarious, second-string, indirect, incidental, utility(a), collateral, secondary, secondhand, alternative, substitute(a), supplementary, alternate, derived, supplemental, incident, thirdhand, standby, substitute, inessential, unimportant
5. (adj)primary of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary Synonyms: main(a), chief(a), basal, master(a), principal(a), elemental, elementary, primary(a) Antonyms: secondhand, supplementary, standby, utility(a), tributary, substitute, alternate, incidental, collateral, auxiliary, alternative, vicarious, supplemental, indirect, second-string, thirdhand, subsidiary, substitute(a), secondary, unessential, derived, unimportant, inessential, incident
1. primary Aboriginal (L. ab, from, origo, origin) signifies pertaining to the aborigines or earliest known inhabitants of a country in the widest sense, including not merely human beings but inferior a Synonyms: primeval, aboriginal, indigenous, patriarchal, primitive, ancient, native, primal, primordial, autochthonic, old, primary, pristine, immemorial, original, prime, uncreated Antonyms: adventitious, foreign, late, new, recent, exotic, fresh, modern, novel
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