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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'primitive'

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1. (noun) primitive, primitive person
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Synonyms: primitive, primitive person
Antonyms: civilised, trained, late, later(a), civilized

2. (noun) primitive
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
Synonyms: primitive person
Antonyms: late, later(a), civilised, trained, civilized

3. (adj) primitive
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
Synonyms: primitive person
Antonyms: later(a), civilised, late, trained, civilized

4. (adj) crude, primitive, rude
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Synonyms: bad-mannered, ill-bred, rough, yokelish, primitive, unrefined, rude, crude(a), underbred, rude(a), vulgar, bounderish, archaic, gross, raw, lowbred, naive, stark(a), earthy, crude, unprocessed, blunt, ill-mannered, unmannered, raw(a), unmannerly, natural, uncivil
Antonyms: late, trained, civilised, later(a), civilized

5. (adj) archaic, primitive
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
Synonyms: archaic, naive, antiquated, primitive, crude, rude, antediluvian
Antonyms: later(a), late, civilised, trained, civilized

6. (adj) primitive
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
Synonyms: naive, crude, rude, archaic
Antonyms: trained, late, civilized, later(a), civilised

7. (adj) primitive, naive
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Synonyms: rude, uninstructed, uninitiate, unenlightened, naive, primitive, archaic, uninitiated, crude, naif
Antonyms: later(a), trained, late, civilised, civilized

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'primitive'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. primitive
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

'primitive' - Nearby Entries
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