primitive


Meanings

  • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
  • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
  • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms;
    • "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
  • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;
    • "primitive movies of the 1890s"
    • "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
  • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type;
    • "primitive mammals"
    • "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
  • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies;
    • "primitive societies"
  • 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"


Scrabble Score: 16

primitive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

primitive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

primitive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 19

primitive is a valid Words With Friends word