primitive (185 synonym found)

Primitive has 185 synonyms. The top synonyms for primitive are ur, gut, raw, fore, once, past, root, rude and 177 more. Another word for primitive is ur. Browse the full list below.

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ur
gut
raw
fore
once
past
root
rude
soul
then
wild
word
basal
basic
crude
early
fetal
local
naive
natal
olden
prime
prior
rough
ab ovo
brutal
coarse
eponym
etymon
Gothic
in ovo
infant
mortal
native
person
primal
recent
savage
simple
ancient
ape-man
archaic
basilar
bestial
brutish
budding
bushman
caveman
central
cognate
crucial
doublet
endemic
formula
genetic
hominid
initial
nascent
onetime
primate
quondam
radical
seminal
someone
uncivil
uncouth
unkempt
untamed
barbaric
creative
germinal
homebred
humanoid
ill-bred
impolite
inchoate
indigene
material
pregnant
prehuman
prenatal
previous
pristine
somebody
sometime
uncombed
unlicked
untaught
aborigine
ancestral
atavistic
barbarian
barbarous
beginning
childlike
elemental
embryonic
erstwhile
essential
formative
gestatory
homegrown
Hominidae
in embryo
inaugural
inceptive
incipient
infantile
inventive
postnatal
underived
unrefined
untrained
untutored
anthropoid
autochthon
derivation
derivative
elementary
expression
fossil man
generative
immemorial
in the bud
inchoative
indigenous
individual
initiative
initiatory
man of old
outlandish
parturient
persistent
preadamite
preglacial
protogenic
protohuman
rudimental
simplistic
troglodyte
uncultured
underlying
unpolished
unschooled
vernacular
abecedarian
constituent
first comer
fundamental
incunabular
local yokel
native-born
Neanderthal
patriarchal
prehistoric
primogenial
procreative
rudimentary
substantial
substantive
troglodytic
uncivilized
undeveloped
antediluvian
cave dweller
constitutive
foundational
introductory
Iron Age man
missing link
noncivilized
uncultivated
autochthonous
protohistoric
Stone Age man
Bronze Age man
in its infancy
of the essence
primoprimitive
antepatriarchal
prehistoric man
rough-and-ready
unsophisticated
primitive settler
earliest inhabitant

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for primitive?

A common synonym for primitive is ur. Other synonyms include gut, raw, fore, once.

How many synonyms does primitive have?

Primitive has 185 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does primitive mean?

(n): an original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative (adj): of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first

Definition of primitive:

(n) : an original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative
(adj) : of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church; of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress
°(computing programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
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Definition of primitive:

(n) : an original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative
(adj) : of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church; of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress
°(computing programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
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