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"
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
primitive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordprimitive 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