primitive - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

Synonyms

• primitive

More generic

• word

Noun

a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

Synonyms

• primitive

More generic

• expression
• formula

Noun

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

Synonyms

• primitive
• primitive person

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

More specific

• Aryan
• Basket Maker
• Heidelberg man
• Homo heidelbergensis
• Indo-European
• Mound Builder
• Piltdown hoax
• Piltdown man
• ape-man
• autochthon
• barbarian
• cave dweller
• cave man
• caveman
• feral man
• missing link
• savage
• troglodyte
• wild man

Adjective

used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

Synonyms

• primitive

Related

• noncivilised
• noncivilized

Adjective

little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

Synonyms

• archaic
• primitive

Related

• early

Adjective

belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

Synonyms

• crude
• primitive
• rude

Related

• early

Adjective

of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

Synonyms

• naive
• primitive

Related

• untrained