- Types Of Speech
- You can use primitive as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Primitive
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters e, i, m, p, r, t, and v, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter i. Primitive starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters p, pr, pri, prim, primi, and the ending characters are e, ve, ive, tive, itive, ..
- Definition
- A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick'' is the primitive from which `picket'' is derived"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Primitive is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Primitive in Pig Latin is said as "imitivepray or imitiveprway".
- Unigram
- p | r | i | m | i | t | i | v | e
- Bigram
- pr | ri | im | mi | it | ti | iv | ve
- Trigram
- pri | rim | imi | mit | iti | tiv | ive
- Quadrigram
- prim | rimi | imit | miti | itiv | tive
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms;
"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived" - a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies;
"primitive societies" - little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type;
"archaic forms of life";
"primitive mammals";
"the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe" - belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";
"primitive movies of the 1890s";
"primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mo - of or created by one without formal training;
simple or naive in style;
"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abecedarian | a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge |
| Abo | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| Aboriginal | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| Aborigine | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| Ab Ovo | |
| Altogether | informal terms for nakedness "in the raw" "in the altogether" "in his birthday suit" |
| Ancestral | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent "ancestral home" "ancestral lore" "hereditary monarchy" "patrimonial estate" "transmissible tradition" |
| Ancient | very old "an ancient mariner" |
| Android | an automaton that resembles a human being |
| Animal | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
View all cognitive synonyms for Primitive
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Primitive | a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms "`pick'' is the primitive from which `picket'' is derived" |
View English words with the unique letters used in primitive. Words With The Letters Eimprtv
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify "words are the blocks from which sentences are made" "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
Primitive Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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