primitive
English Thesaurus
1. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | word, |
| definition | : | a unit of language that native speakers can identify (noun.communication) |
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | expression, formula, |
| definition | : | a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement (noun.communication) |
3. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | aryan, indo-european, |
| definition | : | a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | autochthon, |
| definition | : | the earliest known inhabitants of a region (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | basket maker, |
| definition | : | early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ape-man, missing link, |
| definition | : | hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mound builder, |
| definition | : | prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | barbarian, savage, |
| definition | : | a member of an uncivilized people (noun.person) |
4. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (adj.all)
| domain category | : | anthropology, |
| definition | : | the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings (noun.cognition) |
5. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (adj.all)
| similar | : | early, early, |
| definition | : | being or occurring at an early stage of development (adj.all) |
6. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style (adj.all)
| similar | : | untrained, |
| definition | : | not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | beaux arts, fine arts, |
| definition | : | the study and creation of visual works of art (noun.cognition) |
7. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization (noun.person)
| derivation | : | primitive, |
| definition | : | used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | archaic, primitive, |
| definition | : | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (adj.all) |
8. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (adj.all)
9. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (adj.all)
| derivation | : | crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness, crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness, |
| definition | : | a wild or unrefined state (noun.state) |
10. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization (noun.person)
| derivation | : | primitive, |
| definition | : | used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | archaic, primitive, |
| definition | : | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (adj.all) |
11. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (adj.all)
12. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (adj.all)
| derivation | : | crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness, crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness, |
| definition | : | a wild or unrefined state (noun.state) |
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