original - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

Synonyms

• master
• master copy
• original

More generic

• creation

Noun

something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

Synonyms

• archetype
• original
• pilot

More generic

• example
• model

Adjective

not derived or copied or translated from something else

Synonyms

• original

Related

• underived

Adjective

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

Synonyms

• original

Related

• first

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• original

Related

• avant-garde
• daring
• freehand
• freehanded
• fresh
• germinal
• groundbreaking
• innovational
• innovative
• new
• novel
• originative
• seminal
• underivative

Opposite / Antonyms

• unoriginal

Also See

• creative
• first
• originative
• primary
• unconventional

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• original

Related

• primary

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