nnoun.persona person who belongs to an early stage of civilizationSynset:primitive person
Derivationally Related Form:primitive
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:primitivepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:primitivepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:AryanBasket MakerHeidelberg manHomo heidelbergensisIndo-EuropeanMound BuilderPiltdown hoaxPiltdown manape-manautochthonbarbariancave dwellercave mancavemanferal manmissing linksavagetroglodytewild man
Full Hyponyms:ape-manaryanautochthonbasket makercannibalcavemanheadhunterheidelberg manhunter-gatherermissing linkmound builderpiltdown mansavagevandalwild manwolf boy
nnoun.communicationa mathematical expression from which another expression is derivedHypernyms:expression formula
Inherited Hypernyms:primitiveformulamathematical statementstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa word serving as the basis for inflected or derived formsExamples:- 'pick' is the primitive from which 'picket' is derived
Hypernyms:word
Inherited Hypernyms:primitivewordlanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity
adj satadj.allbelonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudenessSynset:crude rude
Examples:- the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
- primitive movies of the 1890s
- primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
Antonyms:late
Derivationally Related Form:crudityrudenesscrudenessprimitiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:crude
Similar to:early
adj satadj.alllittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral typeSynset:archaic
Examples:- archaic forms of life
- primitive mammals
- the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
Antonyms:late
Derivationally Related Form:primitiveprimitiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:archaic
Similar to:early
adj satadj.allused of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societiesTopic:anthropology
Antonyms:civilized
Derivationally Related Form:primitiveprimitiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:primitive
Similar to:noncivilised noncivilized
adj satadj.allof or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in styleTopic:beaux artsfine arts
Synset:naive
Examples:- primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
Antonyms:trained
Inherited Hypernyms:primitive
Similar to:untrained