original

original is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
2. adjective. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
3. adjective. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
4. adjective. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
5. noun. Origin; commencement; source.
6. noun. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
7. noun. An original thinker or writer; an originator.
8. noun. A person of marked eccentricity.
9. noun. The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
10. noun. an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

    Synonyms: master

11. noun. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

    "this painting is a copy of the original"

    Synonyms: archetype, pilot

12. adjective. not derived or copied or translated from something else

    "the play is original; not an adaptation"

    "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"

13. adjective. preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

    "the original inhabitants of the Americas"

    "the book still has its original binding"

14. adjective. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

    "a truly original approach"

    "with original music"

15. adjective. (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

    "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"

Synonyms

master, archetype, pilot

Common word forms

originals, originally, originality, originalness

Words from these letters

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