primitive
primitive is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
- adjective. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
- noun. An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
- noun. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
- noun. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- noun. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- adjective. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
"primitive societies"
- adjective. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
"archaic forms of life"
"primitive mammals"
- adjective. 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"
- 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"
Synonyms
Common word forms
primitives, primitively, primitiveness
Words from these letters
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