Definition of Primitive

Noun

  • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
    "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
  • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
  • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
    - primitive person

Adjective

  • 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"
  • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
    "primitive societies"
  • 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"
  • 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"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Primitive

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  • Word Chums® score of the primitive (21)
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Unscramble primitive

94 unscramble word found using the letters primitive.

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