Definition of primitive

"primitive" in the noun sense

1. primitive, primitive person

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

2. primitive

a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

3. primitive

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"

"primitive" in the adjective sense

1. crude, primitive, rude

belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"

"primitive movies of the 1890s"

"primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

2. archaic, primitive

little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

"archaic forms of life"

"primitive mammals"

"the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

3. primitive

used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

"primitive societies"

4. primitive, naive

of or created by one without formal training simple or naive in style

"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

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Quotations for primitive

Happy the man who, remote from busy life, is content, like the primitive race of mortals, to plough his paternal lands with his own oxen, freed from all borrowing and lending. [ Horace ]

Observe or Say? While the dictionaries authorize the common use of these words, it is in better taste to restrict the employment of observe to its primitive signification; namely, to notice. Hence such an expression as, What did you observe? is objectionable, and should be, What did you say? [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

primitive in Scrabble®

The word primitive is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters primitive:

PRIMITIVE
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word primitive

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primitive in Words With Friends™

The word primitive is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters primitive:

PRIMITIVE
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Words within the letters of primitive

2 letter words in primitive (7 words)

3 letter words in primitive (15 words)

5 letter words in primitive (9 words)

6 letter words in primitive (3 words)

9 letter words in primitive (1 word)

primitive + 1 blank (1 word)

primitive + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence primitive

Words that start with primitive (4 words)

Words with primitive in them (1 word)

Words that end with primitive (1 word)

Word Growth involving primitive

Shorter words in primitive

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Longer words containing primitive

primitively

primitiveness

primitives