Definition of Primitive
Noun
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a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
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a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
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a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- primitive person
Adjective
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of or created by one without formal training
simple or naive in style
"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
naive -
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
"primitive societies"
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little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
"archaic forms of life"
"primitive mammals"
"the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
archaic -
belonging to an early stage of technical development
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
"primitive movies of the 1890s"
"primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
crude rude
Word games points for the Primitive
- Scrabble® score of the primitive (16)
- Word Chums® score of the primitive (21)
- Words With Friends® score of the primitive (19)
Unscramble primitive
94 unscramble word found using the letters primitive.
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