Like the colour blue, stoats are one of the things that appeal to me on a primal level.
Source: tatoeba (4454342)
Primal
//ˈpɹaɪməl//
Synonyms for "primal" (173 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
Related words (86)
initialinitiativeinitiatoryinnateinstinctiveinstinctualintroductoryinventiveirreducibleleadingmagisterialmainmastermaterialmeremonolithicnascentnatalnativenative to
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naturalnatural toof a pieceof the essenceorganicoriginaloverrulingparamountparturientphysicalplainpostnatalpredominantpreeminentpregnantprehistoricprenatalpreponderantprevailingprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprimordialprincipalpristineprocreativeprotogenicpurepure and simpleradicalrankingrudimentalrudimentaryrulingseminalseveresimon puresimon-puresimplesinglesovereignsparestarstarkstellarsubstantialsubstantivesupereminenttemperamentaltopflightunadornedunclutteredunderlyingundifferencedundifferentiateduniformur
Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- най-важен adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
- основен adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
- първичен adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Esperanto
1 entries- praa adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Finnish
3 entries- alkukantainen adj (Being the first in time, or history)
- perus adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
- tärkein adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
Galician
1 entries- primeiro adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Hungarian
1 entries- elsődleges adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
Māori
1 entries- taketake adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Polish
1 entries- pierwotny adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Russian
2 entries- изнача́льный adj (Being the first in time, or history)
- перви́чный adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Spanish
4 entries- elemental adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
- originario adj (Being the first in time, or history)
- primario adj (Being of greatest importance; primary)
- primer adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Turkish
1 entries- ilkel adj (Being the first in time, or history)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Appetite is one of humankind's three primal needs, alongside sleep and sexual desire.
Source: tatoeba (9988125)
You awaken primal urges in me.
Source: tatoeba (10005693)
There's a certain primal joy in building a fire.
Source: tatoeba (10117973)
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