 Synonyms and Antonyms of primary 
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1. (noun) primary, primary election
a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
Synonyms: primary coil, primary feather, primary quill, primary election, primary winding, primary
Antonyms: supplemental, standby, secondhand, alternative, subsidiary, thirdhand, unimportant, derived, supplementary, substitute(a), vicarious, utility(a), secondary, substitute, unessential, alternate, tributary, incident, inessential, auxiliary, collateral, incidental, second-string, indirect
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
6. (adj) primary
not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
Synonyms: main(a), chief(a), basal, master(a), principal(a), elemental, elementary, primary(a)
Antonyms: secondary, unessential, vicarious, incident, supplemental, secondhand, collateral, substitute, second-string, alternative, auxiliary, thirdhand, standby, alternate, inessential, subsidiary, unimportant, tributary, incidental, substitute(a), utility(a), supplementary, derived, indirect
7. (adj) chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)
most important element
Antonyms: incidental, vicarious, tributary, standby, alternative, incident, subsidiary, supplemental, indirect, supplementary, collateral, utility(a), substitute(a), derived, inessential, alternate, secondhand, second-string, auxiliary, unessential, thirdhand, substitute, unimportant, secondary
8. (adj) elementary, elemental, primary
of or being the essential or basic part
Synonyms: main(a), chief(a), simple, master(a), elementary, unproblematic, principal(a), elemental, primary, primary(a), basal, uncomplicated
Antonyms: alternate, thirdhand, secondary, secondhand, tributary, standby, utility(a), supplemental, collateral, indirect, inessential, unessential, incident, substitute(a), alternative, substitute, derived, second-string, incidental, subsidiary, auxiliary, unimportant, vicarious, supplementary
9. (adj) basal, primary
of primary importance
Synonyms: main(a), chief(a), base, elementary, master(a), principal(a), elemental, radical, primary, primary(a), basal
Antonyms: tributary, indirect, derived, subsidiary, incident, substitute, supplementary, secondary, vicarious, auxiliary, second-string, unessential, unimportant, secondhand, supplemental, incidental, substitute(a), utility(a), alternate, standby, alternative, collateral, inessential, thirdhand
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