In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.
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Original
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
Synonyms for "original" (584 found)
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ab ovoabecedarianaboriginalactualadvancedalienantenatalantetypeantitypearchetypalarchetypearticleauthenticautochthonousautographavant gardeavant-gardebasalbasicbasilar
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Noun(14 words)
Adjective(36 words)
archival recordauthentic artifactauthentic behaviorauthentic evidencecreative actioncreative action learningcreative activitycreative approachcreative attributecreative deedcreative disciplinescreative environmentcreative expressioncreative expressionscreative fieldcreative flowcreative ideascreative investigationcreative layoutcreative person
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creative piecescreative practicecreative processcreative productcreative projectcreative prosecreative stylecreative thinkercreative traitcreative wordingcreative workcreative work processcreative work samplecreative writingcreative writing taskdistinct person
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (175)
draughtydropoutduckearliestearlyeccentricedited versionelementalelementaryembryonicendemicengrossmentepitomeesemplasticessayessentialever-newevergreenexploratoryextra
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fair copyfanaticfancifulfar outfecundfertilefetalfictionfinal draftfinished versionfirstfirst draftfirsthandfish out of waterfledglingflimsyflower childfollowing the letterforerunnerformativefoundationalfreakfree and easyfreshfringyfuglemanfuglerfundamentalgenerativegenesisgeneticgenotypegenuinegerminalgestatorygnominiousgoodgrass rootsgreengutheadheldheld backheld in reserveheld outheretichereticalhermitheterodoxhippiehoboholographhomebredhomegrownhonesthonest-to-godideationalideativeimaginativeimitateeimmaturein abeyancein embryoin handin its infancyin ovoin the budinartificialinauguralinceptioninceptiveinchoateinchoativeincipientincunabularindigenousindividualistinfantinfantileinformalingeniousinitialinitiativeinitiatoryinnovationinnovationalinnovativeinnovatorinspiredintactintroducerintroductoryinventioninventiveinventorkinkykooklawfulleadlegitimateletterlifelikeliterae scriptaeliteralliterary artefactliterary productionliteraturelone wolflonerlucubrationmaidenmaidenlymanuscriptmastermatchlessmaterialmattermaverickmeshuggenahmintmirrormisfitmodelmotherms
Noun(16 words)
Adjective(13 words)
founding belieffounding documentfounding stockfreshesthuman creativityindigenous civilizationsindividualisticinitial conditionsinnovative approachinnovative designinnovative learning toolsinventive presentationinventive thinking
Adverb(1 words)
most creative expression
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naivenascentnatalnativenative-bornnaturalnaturalisticneotericnestlingnewnew departurenonconformistnonfictionnonjurornot cricketnot donenot koshernotionalnovelnut
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Adjective(33 words)
new furniture marketnew informationnew piece of evidencenew statesnoncopyingnonrepetitiousnonrepetitivenovel approachnovel conceptnovel ideanovel methodnovel publicationnovel solutionone-off motif designoriginal motifpaper originalsprimary language for learningprimary source collectionsprimitive societyunaltered materials
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unconverted quantitiesunique contributionunmanipulatedunmirrored modelunmodifiedunmodified materialsunmodified setupunmodified shapeunmodified stateunmodified systemunmodified versionuntransplantedwild imagination
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Collocations
8 entriesoriginal documentoriginal formoriginal ideaoriginal paintingoriginal planoriginal sourceoriginal textoriginal version
Inflections
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Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I don't like the new textbook for my English class; I prefer the original.
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Set your translation against the original once again.
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Bill has a lot of original ideas.
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