Definitions
How to pronounce primitive:
Primitive - as a noun
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
Example: "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
Primitive - as an adjective satellite
Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Example: "The crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
Example: "Archaic forms of life"
Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
Example: "Primitive societies"
Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Example: "Primitive art such as that by grandma moses is often colorful and striking"
Primitive - as an adjective
Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
Example: "Primitive innocence; the primitive church"
Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
Example: "A primitive style of dress"
Crude, obsolete.
Example: "Primitive ideas"
(grammar) original; primary; radical; not derived.
Example: "A primitive verb"
Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
Not derived from another of the same type
Most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
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Word Game Points
PRIMITIVE has a SCRABBLE points total of 16.
PRIMITIVE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 19.
PRIMITIVE has a WORDFEUD points total of 17.
