Primitive

What do we mean by primitive?

Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval. adjective

Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution. adjective

Having developed early in the evolutionary history of a group. adjective

Regarded as having changed little in evolutionary history. Not in scientific use. adjective

Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated. adjective

Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by an absence of literacy and a low level of economic or technological complexity. adjective

Not derived from something else; primary or basic. adjective

Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms. adjective

Being a protolanguage. adjective

Not resulting from conscious thought or deliberation; unconscious or instinctual. adjective

Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style. adjective

Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors. adjective

A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic or technological complexity. noun

An unsophisticated or unintelligent person. noun

One that is at a low or early stage of development. noun

One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period. noun

An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

A member of a primitive society.

A simple-minded person.

A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.

Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.

A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.

A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

Words that are spelled similarly to primitive:
primitive, primitiae, primitivo, primitiv, primitiva, privative, promotive, primetime, limitive, primitial, primitives, primitia, primite, primitias, primitif.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word primitive:
recursive, pythagorean, recursion, modulo, methodist, camping, polynomial, baptist, accumulation, dinosaurs, basal, wesleyan, integer, lattice, root, streak, hut, communism, unity, fossils, genera, mammals, chapel, traits, fossil, wilderness, ancestors, ancestor, skull, teeth, evolutionary, civilization, tribal, finite, functions, cultures, organisms, notion, christianity, trails, insects, roots, evolved, characteristics, extinct, element, types, derived, genus, function, tribe, cells, tools, forms, humans, peoples.

Words that rhyme with primitive:
limit of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe primitive:
american, certain, psychological, complete, unknown, german, generalized, earlier, ness, most, preliterate, logical, cone, neural, create, divine, right, italian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective primitive:
man, peoples, societies, people, form, church, society, state, times, forms, type, conditions, tribes, christianity, cells, art, cultures, religion, condition, methods, streak, christians, types, culture, stage, races, level, character, simplicity, accumulation, communities, community, mind, method, cell, elements, religions, ideas, instincts, language, kind, tribe, communism, tools, rocks, functions, operations, ages, beliefs, belief, thought, economy, mentality, reflexes, mode, agriculture, impulses, concepts, race, fashion, languages, organisms, inhabitants, instinct, music, style, stages, ancestors, churches, customs, notion, conception, notions, faith, folk, mammals, weapons.

Consonant match to primitive:
promotive, primate of.

Words that sound like primitive:
primitive, primitiv, promotive, primitives, primitivo, promoting, punative, perimeter, punitive, purgative, primitively, permitting, printing, proactive, prerogative, parameter, perogative, practive, perimeters, pro active, performative, pro-active, precative, permeative, promit, privative, promet, primat, promoted, promote, permitted, promoter, permissive, plummeting, promotes, preemptive, promotor, premit, preceptive, preheating, pre-emptive, pensative, prayer meeting, pre emptive, pronated, positive, positiv, primage, productive, promising, primate, printed, operative, primates, parameters, predictive, prismatic, probative, palliative, prompting, putative, summative, printy, partitive, primming, primitiveness, primus stove, perlmutter, limitive, primmest, palative, promove, persistive, portative.