primary

primary is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
2. adjective. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
3. adjective. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
4. adjective. Earliest formed; fundamental.
5. adjective. Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
6. noun. That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
7. noun. A primary meeting; a caucus.
8. noun. One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
9. noun. A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
10. noun. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
11. noun. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
12. noun. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

    "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"

13. noun. (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
14. adjective. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

    "a primary instinct"

15. adjective. of primary importance

    Synonyms: basal

16. adjective. most important element

    "the chief aim of living"

    "the main doors were of solid glass"

    Synonyms: chief, main, master, principal

17. adjective. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

    "primary goals"

    "a primary effect"

18. adjective. of or being the essential or basic part

    "an elementary need for love and nurturing"

    Synonyms: elemental, elementary

Synonyms

basal, chief, main, master, principal, elemental, elementary

Common word forms

primaried, primaries, primarily

Words from these letters

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