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primitive

Letters that make primitive

e, p, m, r, t, i, v are letters that make 'primitive'

Words within primitive

MIT, IT, mi, ti, PR, MI, RI, prim, iv, IV, rim, Pr, Ti are words within 'primitive'

primitive is a 9 letter word ending with e
primitive is a 9 letter word starting with p

7 possible definitions for 'primitive'

Primitive as "of or created by one without formal training, simple or naive in style"

Under this definition, primitive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

naive has the same meaning as primitive

primitive as a category

'primitive' can be a category of fine arts, beaux arts.

Similar to primitive

untrained is similar to primitive.

Example of primitive used within this context

"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

Primitive as "a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived"

Under this definition, primitive is a noun and has the following properties:

primitive as a type

'primitive' can be a type of expression, formula.

Primitive as "a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization"

Under this definition, primitive is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

primitive person has the same meaning as primitive

primitive as a type

'primitive' can be a type of mortal, individual, someone, person, somebody, soul.

Types of primitive

autochthon, Basket Maker, caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte, Homo heidelbergensis, missing link, Mound Builder, Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax, wild man, feral man, Heidelberg man, ape-man, barbarian, savage, Indo-European, Aryan are types of 'primitive'.

Derivatives of primitive

primitive, archaic are derivatives of 'primitive'.

Primitive as "used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies"

Under this definition, primitive is an adjective and has the following properties:

primitive as a category

'primitive' can be a category of anthropology.

Derivatives of primitive

primitivism, crudity, primitive person, primitive, crudeness, rudeness, primitiveness are derivatives of 'primitive'.

Similar to primitive

noncivilized, noncivilised are similar to 'primitive'.

Example of primitive used within this context

"primitive societies"

Primitive as "a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms"

Under this definition, primitive is a noun and has the following properties:

primitive as a type

'primitive' can be a type of word.

Example of primitive used within this context

"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"

Primitive as "belonging to an early stage of technical development, characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness"

Under this definition, primitive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rude, crude have the same meaning as 'primitive'

Derivatives of primitive

primitivism, crudity, crudeness, rudeness, primitiveness are derivatives of 'primitive'.

Similar to primitive

early is similar to primitive.

Example of primitive used within this context

"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man", "primitive movies of the 1890s", "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

Primitive as "little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type"

Under this definition, primitive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

archaic has the same meaning as primitive

Derivatives of primitive

primitivism, crudity, primitive person, primitive, crudeness, rudeness, primitiveness are derivatives of 'primitive'.

Similar to primitive

early is similar to primitive.

Example of primitive used within this context

"archaic forms of life", "primitive mammals", "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"