Definition for Primitive:

• Primitively.

Synonyms for Primitive:

• adj.

  •aboriginal (adjective)
  • ancient,
  • endemic.
  •all (adjective)
  • rude.
  •amateur (adjective)
  • incompetent,
  • novice,
  • unskilled,
  • nonprofessional,
  • inexperienced,
  • unprofessional,
  • amateur.
  •antediluvian (adjective)
  • antique,
  • obsolete,
  • venerable,
  • antiquated.
  •antiquarian (adjective)
  • aged.
  •archaic (adjective)
  • olden,
  • outmoded,
  • bygone.
  •austere (adjective)
  • plain,
  • stark,
  • severe,
  • spare,
  • spartan,
  • bare,
  • unembellished,
  • unadorned.
  •barbarian (adjective)
  • coarse,
  • uncouth,
  • inhuman,
  • philistine,
  • uncivil,
  • brutal,
  • vulgar,
  • untamed.
  •idolatrous (adjective)
  • heathen.
  •old (adjective)
  • paleolithic,
  • oldfangled,
  • elderly.
  •original (adjective)
  • underivative.
  •primitive (adjective)
  • raw,
  • unsophisticated,
  • untutored,
  • unlearned,
  • substratal,
  • rough,
  • untaught,
  • preliterate,
  • vestigial,
  • pristine,
  • simple,
  • atavistic,
  • untrained,
  • naive,
  • underdeveloped,
  • childlike,
  • animal,
  • fundamental,
  • unevolved.
  •simple (adjective)
  • embryonic.
  •thoughtless (adjective)
  • unthoughtful.
  •unprocessed (adjective)
  • unprocessed.

• n.

  •
  • fossil,
  • fossilized,
  • caveman.
  •
  • backward.
  •
  • wild.
  •ancient (noun)
  • primeval,
  • primordial.
  •person (noun)
  • primitive person.
  •primitive (noun)
  • noncivilised,
  • noncivilized.
  •uncivilized (noun)
  • gothic,
  • green.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • childish,
  • feral,
  • uncultured,
  • elemental,
  • early,
  • original,
  • benighted.
  •
  • remote,
  • uncultivated,
  • elementary.
  •
  • ultimate,
  • unpolished.
  •
  • ignorant.
  •old fashioned
  • dated,
  • obsolescent,
  • old school,
  • tweedy,
  • clunky,
  • low-tech,
  • retro,
  • demode,
  • uncool,
  • extinct,
  • victorian,
  • straitlaced,
  • quaint.

Paraphrases for Primitive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    primeval, primal.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    primordial, hardy, barbaric, austere, raw, ancient, low-tech, makeshift, homemade, initial, virgin, firsthand.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    pristine, improvised, rustic, primary, crude.

Antonyms for Primitive:

• adj.

  • aboriginal
    foreign.
  • antediluvian
    up-to-date, young.
  • austere
    extravagant, luxurious.
  • barbarian
    educated, nice, refined, kind, humane, polite, civilized.
  • primitive
    cultured, present.
  • Other antonyms:
    doubting, down-to-earth, sober, newfangled, higher, knowing, state of the art, perfected, watchful, modernistic, latest, new, mature, leery, careful, mod, full-blown, high, unconvinced, cultivated, hardheaded, incredulous, full-scale, ultramodern, adventitious, modern, pragmatic, worldly, ripe, recent, exotic, cosmopolitan, ripened, civilised, complex, matured, critical, novel, realistic, now, full-fledged, skeptical, worldly-wise, fresh, wary, enlightened, new-fashioned, space age, sophisticated, cautious, grown, involved, intricate, current, complicated, later, street smart, suspicious, cynical, guarded, present-day, contemporary, streetwise.

Hypernym for Primitive:

• n.

  • person
    feral man, mound builder, savage, missing link, wild man, Heidelberg Man, Piltdown Hoax, cave man, troglodyte, caveman, Homo Heidelbergensis, aryan, Piltdown Man, cave dweller, indo-european, barbarian, ape-man, basket maker, Autochthon.

Hyponym for Primitive:

• n.

  • communication
    formula, word, expression.
  • person
    mortal, somebody, person, soul, someone, individual.