English dictionary
primitive
adjectivePronunciation
ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
adjective
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
adjective
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
adjective
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
noun
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
noun
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
noun
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Example sentences
primitive societies
archaic forms of life
primitive mammals
the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
primitive movies of the 1890s
primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
‘pick’ is the primitive from which ‘picket’ is derived