primitive in English

adjective

1

relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

primitive mammals

synonyms: ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, primordial, primeval, primal

2

not developed or derived from anything else.

the primitive material of the universe

3

(of a part or structure) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary.

The tumor occurs near the coccyx, where the greatest concentration of primitive cells exists for the longest period of time during development.

noun

1

a person belonging to a preliterate, nonindustrial society or culture.

The difficulty with this strategy was that it tended to provide ample room for the reproduction of stereotypical views regarding the barbarism of the primitive .

2

a pre-Renaissance painter.

Theirs was no retrograde revival of past styles, but a reworking of Giotto and the Italian primitives through a modernist lens, specifically, the ironic classicism of Giorgio de Chirico.

3

a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived.

And although one should be cautious about saying that there is a simple list of semantical primitives , it does seem reasonable to maintain that Aristotelians had unearthed most of the major ones.

adjective

ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, primordial, primeval, primal
uncivilized, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, ignorant, uncultivated
crude, simple, rough, rough and ready, basic, rudimentary, unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, makeshift
simple, natural, unsophisticated, unaffected, undeveloped, unpretentious
crude, rude
archaic
naive

Use "primitive" in a sentence

1. Archenterons Blastopore Blastopores Gastrocoele Gastrocoeles Gastrulas Gut, Primitive Guts, Primitive Primitive Gut Primitive Guts

2. Primitive?

3. 2 words related to Autochthon: primitive, primitive person

4. Primitive man made himself primitive tools from stones and bones.

5. 2 words related to Autochthon: primitive, primitive person

6. 7 Primitive man made himself primitive tools from stones and bones.

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8. How primitive.

9. It's a primitive culture.

10. Archenteron/Primitive streak Primitive pit Primitive knot/Blastopore Primitive groove The Archenteron is the tube formed during gastrulation by means of the invagination of the blastula wall inside the blastocoel

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12. Is it unusual, unsophisticated, primitive?

13. Hence the study of primitive culture is intimately bound up with that of primitive religion.

14. Primitive Methodist Chapel built.

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16. Ascidians (tunicates) are primitive chordates

17. Anapsid skulls are characteristic of bony fishes, primitive amphibians, and the most primitive reptiles

18. Archaeopteryx, which is a bird, a primitive bird, still has that very primitive hand.

19. Comer reasoned that, because cycads were primitive plants, the primitive angiosperms should resemble them, and selected the pachycaul papaya (Carica), to serve as his primitive, cycad-like Angiospermal archetype

20. Branchiopods are generally regarded as primitive

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22. 6 Primitive men lived in caves.

23. Barbaric means crude, uncivilized, or primitive

24. "Primitive" culture had been wiped out.

25. Aviation was lamentably weak and primitive.

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28. The Sorraia is known for its primitive features, including a convex profile and dun coloring with primitive markings.

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31. Not so primitive after all?

32. Their scanning equipment is primitive, but effective.

33. 17 It's using some rather primitive technology.

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35. Acaulescence is reconstructed as the primitive state for the Heuchera group of genera, but subcaulescence is primitive for Heuchera

36. They are quarrelsome, primitive, demanding and messy.

37. Basilosaurus had primitive dentition and skull

38. They're a primitive and violent race.

39. But this is just a primitive beginning.

40. The primitive, animalistic part of the brain.

41. Apocarpous Gynoecium is a primitive condition

42. Conditions were primitive at the time.

43. Animism is common among primitive peoples.

44. 20 He was an Italian primitive.

45. 15 Primitive peoples deified the sun.

46. Duffy's primitive guitar playing is well below par.

47. The bessi are a fierce but primitive tribe.

48. The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.

49. Chondrite meteorites, which are primitive and largely unaltered

50. You pudding-headed primitive, shut down the engines.