Original

//əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl//

Synonyms for "original" (460 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (92)

Strong matches (138)

essay essential ever-new evergreen exploratory extra fair copy fanatic fanciful far out fecund fertile fetal fiction final draft finished version first draft firsthand fish out of water fledgling

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flimsy flower child following the letter forerunner formative foundational freak free and easy freehanded fringy fugleman fugler fundamental generative genesis genetic genotype genuine germinal gestatory gnominious good grass roots green gut head held held back held in reserve held out heretic heretical hermit heterodox hippie hobo holograph homebred homegrown honest honest-to-god ideational ideative imaginative imitatee immature in abeyance in embryo in hand in its infancy in ovo in the bud inartificial inaugural inception inceptive inchoate inchoative incipient incunabular indigenous individualist infant infantile informal ingenious initiative initiatory innovation innovative innovator inspired intact introducer introductory invention inventive inventor kinky kook lawful lead legitimate letter lifelike literae scriptae literal literary artefact literary production literature lone wolf loner lucubration maiden maidenly manuscript matchless material matter maverick meshuggenah mint mirror misfit model mother ms naive nascent natal native native-born natural naturalistic neoteric

Adjective(1 words)

initial

Noun(2 words)

master master copy

Related words (230)

nestling new new departure nonconformist nonfiction nonjuror not cricket not done not kosher notional novel nut odd fellow oddball oddity of the essence offbeat opus ordinary origin

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origination originator out-of-the-way outsider paper paradigm parchment pariah parturient pattern penscript picturesque piece piece of writing pilot model pioneer play poem postnatal precedent preceding precursor pregnant preliminary premiere prenatal primal prime primeval primitive primogenial primordial printed matter printout pristine procreative production productive progenitor prolific protogenic prototypal prototypical provenance provenience pure put aside put by queer duck queer fish queer specimen quiz radical radix rara avis raw reading matter real realistic recension recherche representative reproduction reserve revolutionary rightful rise root rudimental rudimentary rule saved screed screwball scrip script scrive scroll second draft sectarian sectary seminal sempervirent shaping sharp simon pure simon-pure simple sincere solitary source spare spook standard starting stem sterling stock stored strange substantial substantive sure enough sure-enough suspended swinger taproot teeming the written word to spare tramp transcript transcription true true to life true to nature true to reality type type species type specimen typescript ugly duckling unadulterated unaffected unapplied unassumed unassuming unbeaten uncolored uncommon unconcocted unconformist unconsumed unconventional uncopied uncounterfeited underivative underlying undeveloped undisguised undisguising undistorted unemployed unexaggerated unexercised unexpended unfabricated unfamiliar unfanciful unfashionable unfeigned unfeigning unfictitious unflattering unfledged unhandled unheard of unheard-of unimagined unimitated unimitative uninvented unique unorthodox unprecedented unpretended unpretending unqualified unromantic unsimulated unspecious unspent unsynthetic untapped untouched untried untrodden unused unusual unutilized unvarnished ur urtext verbal verbatim veridical verisimilar vernacular vernal version virgin virginal visioned waived way out word for word word-for-word work writing yippie young zealot zombie

Noun(2 words)

pilot prototype

Adjective(5 words)

prototype ready salted sui generis unimitative unoverhauled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

3 entries

creation example model

More specific

1 entries

autograph

Antonyms

6 entries

copy derivative remake reproduction simile unoriginal

Synonyms

4 entries

autograph initial master prototype

Related terms

5 entries

aboriginal origin originality originate originative

derived

22 entries

Original Pilipino Music book of original entry co-original in the original German nonoriginal original antigenic sin original as sin original aspect ratio original character original depravity original fic original jurisdiction original package doctrine original righteousness original sin originalism

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is a

1 entries

model

related to

10 entries

aboriginal creative eccentric first origin originality originate originative primary unconventional

similar

29 entries

1st avant-garde creative daring first freehand freehanded fresh germinal groundbreaking innovational

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Translations

222 translations across 50 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

oorspronklik adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀρχηγικός adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
ἀρχηγικός adj (first in a series)

Arabic

1 entries

أَصْلِيّ adj (first in a series)

Armenian

2 entries

բնագիր noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
սկզբնագիր noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Belarusian

3 entries

арыгіна́льны adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
арыгіна́льны adj (fresh, different)
арыгіна́л noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Bengali

2 entries

অপূর্ব adj (newly created)
অপূর্ব adj (fresh, different)

Bulgarian

4 entries

начален adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
нов adj (newly created)
оригинален adj (newly created)
оригинален adj (fresh, different)

Catalan

3 entries

original adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
original adj (first in a series)
original adj (fresh, different)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

原 adj (first in a series)
原始 adj (first in a series)
原件 noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
原作 noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Czech

2 entries

původní adj (first in a series)
originál noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Danish

4 entries

oprindelig adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
original adj (fresh, different)
original noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)
særling noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)

Dutch

4 entries

afkomstig adj (having as its origin)
oorspronkelijk adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
oorspronkelijk adj (first in a series)
oorspronkelijk adj (newly created)

Finnish

4 entries

alkuperäinen adj (first in a series)
alkuperäinen adj (newly created)
alkuperäinen adj (pioneering)
ensimmäinen adj (first in a series)

French

4 entries

original adj (first in a series)
original adj (fresh, different)
original adj (pioneering)
originel adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Galician

2 entries

orixinal adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
orixinal adj (first in a series)

Georgian

2 entries

ორიგინალური adj (newly created)
ორიგინალური adj (fresh, different)

German

4 entries

original adj (first in a series)
original adj (newly created)
originell adj (fresh, different)
ur adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Greek

4 entries

αρχικός adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
αρχικός adj (first in a series)
πρωτοποριακός adj (pioneering)
πρωτότυπος adj (newly created)

Hebrew

2 entries

מְקוֹרִי adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
מְקוֹרִי adj (fresh, different)

Hungarian

2 entries

eredeti adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
eredeti adj (first in a series)

Icelandic

4 entries

frumeintak noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
frumrit noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
orginall noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
sérvitringur noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)

Indonesian

1 entries

orisinal adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Italian

4 entries

inedito adj (fresh, different)
originale adj (first in a series)
originale adj (fresh, different)
originario adj (having as its origin)

Japanese

4 entries

元の adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
本来の adj (first in a series)
独創的な adj (fresh, different)
原作 noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Kazakh

4 entries

алғашқы adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
алғашқы adj (first in a series)
бастапқы adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
түпнұсқа noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Korean

4 entries

신선(新鮮)하다 adj (fresh, different)
처음의 adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
최초(最初)의 adj (first in a series)
원물 noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Latin

3 entries

novitatis adj (fresh, different)
originalis adj (first in a series)
primitivus adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Macedonian

1 entries

оригина́л noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Māori

1 entries

taketake adj (having as its origin)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

a aswili adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

original adj (first in a series)
eksentriker noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)
nerd noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)
original noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

opphavleg adj (first in a series)
original adj (first in a series)
eksentrikar noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)
nerd noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)

Occitan

1 entries

original adj (first in a series)

Persian

2 entries

اریژینال adj (first in a series)
اصلی adj (first in a series)

Polish

4 entries

autentyk noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
oryginał noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
pierwowzór noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)
prawzór noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Portuguese

4 entries

original adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
original adj (first in a series)
original adj (newly created)
original adj (fresh, different)

Russian

4 entries

исхо́дный adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
исхо́дный adj (first in a series)
но́вый adj (newly created)
оригина́льный adj (first in a series)

Sanskrit

1 entries

प्रथम adj (first in a series)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

tùsail adj (first in a series)
tùsail adj (having as its origin)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

nȍv adj (newly created)
prvobitni adj (first in a series)
svȅž adj (fresh, different)
sȁmobītan adj (first in a series)

Slovak

1 entries

originál noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Slovene

1 entries

original noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Spanish

4 entries

original adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
original adj (first in a series)
original adj (newly created)
original adj (fresh, different)

Swedish

4 entries

original adj (first in a series)
originell adj (fresh, different)
ursprunglig adj (having as its origin)
excentriker noun (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent)

Tagalog

4 entries

orihinal adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
orihinal adj (first in a series)
orihinal adj (newly created)
orihinal adj (fresh, different)

Ukrainian

4 entries

оригіна́льний adj (fresh, different)
пе́рві́сний adj (relating to the origin or beginning)
своєрі́дний adj (fresh, different)
оригіна́л noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Uzbek

1 entries

asl adj (relating to the origin or beginning)

Vietnamese

2 entries

gốc adj (first in a series)
nguyên bản noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Walloon

1 entries

prumî adj (first in a series)

Yiddish

4 entries

אָריגינעל adj (first in a series)
אָריגינעל adj (newly created)
אָריגינעל adj (fresh, different)
אָריגינאַל noun (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.

Source: tatoeba (1980)

I don't like the new textbook for my English class; I prefer the original.

Source: tatoeba (26322)

Set your translation against the original once again.

Source: tatoeba (31456)

Bill has a lot of original ideas.

Source: tatoeba (34477)

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