What is "primitive" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "primitive": a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

Noun

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

Adjective

Meaning of "primitive": a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

Noun

Meaning of "primitive": little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

Adjective

Meaning of "primitive": a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

Noun

Meaning of "primitive": used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

Adjective

Meaning of "primitive": of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

Adjective

Synonyms:

archaic, primordial, basic, pristine, primeval, undeveloped, essential, old, primary, fundamental, first, earliest, early, elementary, primal, underlying, substratal, underivative, underived, unevolved, simple, naive, rudimentary, underdeveloped, unsophisticated, undeveloped, savage, natural, barbarian, raw, animal, wild, rough, austere, barbarous, childlike, fierce, ignorant, rude, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, unlearned, unrefined, untamed, untaught, untrained, undomesticated, atavistic, brutish, nonliterate, preliterate, untutored, vestigial,

Antonyms:

modern, auxiliary, minor, unimportant, current, cultured, new, secondary, present, sophisticated, mature, experienced, developed, civilized, kind, polite, current, modern, cultured, sophisticated, calm, tame, nice, refined, mild, moderate, new, present,