DICTOMETER

PRIMITIVE

(primitive)

1. Synonyms:
   • Primitive
   • Primitive person
   Definitions:
   • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Primitive
   Definitions:
   • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Primitive
   Definitions:
   • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
   Examples:
   • `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Crude
   • Primitive
   • Rude
   Definitions:
   • belonging to an early stage of technical development
   • characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
   Examples:
   • The crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
   • Primitive movies of the 1890s
   • Primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
   Antonyms:
   • Late
   • Later
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Archaic
   • Primitive
   Definitions:
   • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
   Examples:
   • Archaic forms of life
   • Primitive mammals
   • The okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
   Antonyms:
   • Late
   • Later
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Primitive
   Definitions:
   • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
   Examples:
   • Primitive societies
   Antonyms:
   • Civilized
   • Civilised
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Primitive
   • Naive
   Definitions:
   • of or created by one without formal training
   • simple or naive in style
   Examples:
   • Primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
   Antonyms:
   • Trained