nnoun.acta preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosenSynset:primary election
Hypernyms:election
Inherited Hypernyms:primaryelectionvotegroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:primaryelectionvotegroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:direct primary
Full Hyponyms:closed primarydirect primaryopen primary
nnoun.animalone of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wingSynset:primary feather primary quill
Hypernyms:flight feather pinion quill quill feather
Inherited Hypernyms:primaryflight featherfeatheranimal materialmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:primaryflight featherfeatheranimal materialmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:primaryflight featherfeatherbody coveringcoveringnatural objectwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.object(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around itTopic:astronomyuranology
Hypernyms:celestial body heavenly body
Inherited Hypernyms:primarycelestial bodynatural objectwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifactcoil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuitSynset:primary coil primary winding
Examples:- current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
Part Holonyms:transformer
Hypernyms:coil
Inherited Hypernyms:primary coilcoilreactorelectrical devicedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adjadj.allof first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondaryExamples:- primary goals
- a primary effect
- primary sources
- a primary interest
Antonyms:secondary
Inherited Hypernyms:primary
Similar to:capital direct first-string firsthand original particular special
See also:essential first original
adj satadj.allnot derived from or reducible to something else; basicAntonyms:derived
Inherited Hypernyms:primary
Similar to:underived
adj satadj.allmost important elementSynset:chief main master principal
Examples:- the chief aim of living
- the main doors were of solid glass
- the principal rivers of America
- the principal example
- policemen were primary targets
- the master bedroom
- a master switch
Antonyms:unimportant
Inherited Hypernyms:chief
Similar to:important of import
adj satadj.allof or being the essential or basic partSynset:basal elemental elementary
Examples:- an elementary need for love and nurturing
- a basal reader
Antonyms:incidental
Derivationally Related Form:element
Inherited Hypernyms:elementary
Similar to:basic