prime
468 synonyms found
- abecedarian
- acme
- admirable
- adolescence
- adulthood
- adultness
- advise
- age of consent
- algorismic
- algorithmic
- aliquot
- all-absorbing
- alpha
- ancestral
- antecedent
- antepatriarchal
- anterior
- anticipatory
- apply paint
- apprise
- arch
- atavistic
- aurora
- autochthonous
- banner
- basic
- bedaub
- bedizen
- bedtime prayer
- begild
- beginning
- besmear
- best
- bloom
- blossom
- break of day
- breaking-in
- brief
- brightening
- brush on paint
- budding
- budtime
- butter
- calcimine
- camp meeting
- canonical hour
- capital
- cardinal
- central
- champion
- chanticleer
- chief
- choice
- chosen
- church
- church service
- ci-devant
- coach
- coat
- cock
- cockcrow
- cocklight
- color
- complexion
- compline
- controlling
- cover
- crack of dawn
- cram
- cram with facts
- cream
- creative
- crowning
- dab
- dandy
- daub
- dawn
- dawning
- day-peep
- daybreak
- daylight
- dayspring
- decimal
- deep-dye
- detonate
- devotions
- differential
- digital
- dip
- discharge
- distemper
- divine service
- dominant
- double-dye
- drill
- driving age
- drop
- dye
- earlier
- earliest
- early
- Eastertide
- educate
- efflorescence
- eject
- elder
- elect
- elemental
- elementary
- elite
- emblazon
- embryonic
- enamel
- engild
- even
- evening devotions
- evensong
- excellent
- exceptional
- excite
- exercises
- exponential
- extraordinary
- face
- famous
- fast-dye
- fat
- fell
- fetal
- figural
- figurate
- figurative
- fine
- finite
- fire
- fire off
- first
- first blush
- first brightening
- first glance
- first impression
- first inning
- first lap
- first move
- first round
- first sight
- first stage
- first step
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- flower
- flower of age
- flush
- focal
- for the best
- fore
- forehand
- foremost
- formative
- forward
- foundational
- fractional
- fresco
- front
- frontal
- full age
- full bloom
- full growth
- fullgrownness
- fundamental
- galvanize
- gambit
- gestatory
- get ready
- get up steam
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- grain
- great
- greatest
- greenness
- ground
- grown-upness
- gun
- gun for
- handpicked
- head
- headmost
- hegemonic
- heyday
- highest
- hit
- hue
- humanoid
- illuminate
- imaginary
- imbue
- impair
- important
- impossible
- in embryo
- in its infancy
- in the bud
- inaugural
- inceptive
- inchoate
- inchoative
- incipient
- incunabular
- infant
- infantile
- infinite
- inform
- ingrain
- initial
- initiative
- initiatory
- instruct
- integral
- introductory
- inventive
- japan
- juvenility
- lacquer
- lauds
- lay on
- lay on color
- le premier pas
- leading
- legal age
- legalis homo
- let fly
- let off
- light
- liturgy
- load
- logarithmic
- logometric
- magisterial
- maiden
- main
- majority
- make ready
- manhood
- manlihood
- Mass
- master
- matchless
- matins
- mature age
- maturity
- Maytime
- meeting
- morn
- morning devotions
- motivate
- move
- nascent
- natal
- negative
- night song
- none
- nones
- nonesuch
- nonpareil
- noteworthy
- notify
- novena
- number
- numeral
- numerary
- numerative
- numeric
- odd
- office
- older
- opening move
- optimal
- optimum
- ordinal
- original
- outstanding
- overriding
- overruling
- paint
- pair
- paragon
- paramount
- parget
- parturient
- patriarchal
- peak
- peep of day
- peerless
- pelt
- pepper
- period
- pick
- pick off
- picked
- pigment
- pinnacle
- pioneer
- pique
- pistol
- plug
- positive
- possible
- postnatal
- pot
- potshoot
- potshot
- praise meeting
- prayer
- prayer meeting
- prayers
- preadamite
- preceding
- precurrent
- predominant
- preeminent
- preexistent
- preglacial
- pregnant
- prehistoric
- prehuman
- premier
- prenatal
- prepare
- preponderant
- prevailing
- previous
- pride
- primal
- primary
- primavera
- prime of life
- prime song
- primitive
- primitiveness
- primitivity
- primogenial
- primoprimitive
- principal
- prior
- pristine
- prize
- procreative
- protohistoric
- protohuman
- puberty
- pubescence
- public worship
- quality
- queen
- quicken
- quintessence
- quintessential
- radical
- ranking
- rational
- real
- reciprocal
- revival
- revival meeting
- riddle
- ripe age
- riper years
- rudimental
- rudimentary
- ruling
- seedtime
- select
- senior
- service
- set
- sext
- shade
- shadow
- shellac
- shoot
- shoot at
- shoot down
- slap on
- slather
- slop on paint
- smear
- smear on
- snipe
- sovereign
- spread on
- spread with
- spring
- springtide
- springtime
- stain
- star
- steam up
- stellar
- stimulate
- stipple
- strike
- stuff with knowledge
- submultiple
- sunrise
- sunup
- supereminent
- superior
- superlative
- supreme
- surd
- surpassing
- take a potshot
- tar
- teach
- tent meeting
- the best
- the best ever
- the tops
- the very best
- tierce
- time period
- tinct
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- toga virilis
- tone
- top
- topflight
- torpedo
- train
- transcendental
- tutor
- undercoat
- underived
- undersong
- unmatchable
- unmatched
- unparalleled
- unsurpassed
- uppermost
- ur
- varnish
- very best
- vesper
- vespers
- vestibule of Day
- vigils
- virility
- warm up
- warming-up
- wash
- watch meeting
- watch night
- watch-night service
- whitewash
- wind
- wind up
- womanhood
- womanlihood
- worthy
- years of discretion
- youth
- youthfulness
- zenith
Definition
(adj) :
first in time, order, or sequence; first in excellence, quality, or value
"both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals."
(n) :
the earliest stage; the most active, thriving, or successful stage or period
"3 is a prime."
"you'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump."