Primary

//ˈpɹaɪˌmɛɹi//

Synonyms for "primary" (244 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Strong matches (73)

Related words (122)

maiden main major mandatory primary master material maxwell triangle mere metamer monochrome monolithic munsell scale nascent natal new nonpartisan primary of a piece of the essence open primary optional primary

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organic overriding overruling paramount particular partisan election parturient pioneer plain postnatal predominant preeminent preference primary pregnant premier prenatal preparatory preponderant presidential election presidential preference primary presidential primary prevailing primal primary coil primary color primary election prime primeval primitive primogenial primordial principal pristine procreative protogenic prototypal pure pure and simple pure color radical ranking referendum rudimental rudimentary ruling runoff runoff election runoff primary salient secondary secondary color seminal severe simon pure simon-pure simple single solar spectrum sovereign spare special spectral color spectrum spectrum color staple star stark stellar substantial substantive supereminent superior supreme tertiary tertiary color topflight topmost ultimate unadorned unadulterated uncluttered uncopied underlying undifferenced undifferentiated unduplicated unexampled uniform unimitated unmixed unprecedented unreproduced uppermost ur

Adjective(3 words)

main master principal

Noun(5 words)

primary coil primary election primary feather primary quill primary winding

Related word relations

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

11 relation types

More general

8 entries

celestial body coil election flight feather heavenly body pinion quill quill feather

Antonyms

2 entries

secondary

Synonyms

3 entries

chief elementary primary coil

Related terms

2 entries

first primus inter pares

derived

78 entries

Acela primary circumprimary clown-car primary coprimary direct primary dual primary false primary firehouse primary invisible primary jungle primary megaprimary money primary nonprimary postprimary pre-primary preprimary

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distinct from

1 entries

secondary

etymologically related_to

2 entries

ary prime

has context

8 entries

astronomy chemistry electronics geology medicine ornithology politics us

is a

3 entries

celestial body election flight feather

related to

27 entries

adjective base before before secondary disease elementary elementary school essential first first school flight feather fundamental grade school induction motor irreducible location

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similar

21 entries

1st basic capital direct essential first first string first-string firsthand important of import original

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Translations

121 translations across 42 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

parësore adj (first in a group or series)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κεφάλαιος adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Arabic

1 entries

أَوَّلِيّ adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Assamese

3 entries

আগনি adj (first in a group or series)
প্ৰাথমিক adj (first in a group or series)
মৌলিক adj (first in a group or series)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

başlanğıc adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
ibtidai adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
ilk adj (first in a group or series)
ilk adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Bulgarian

3 entries

първичен adj (first in a group or series)
махово перо noun (ornithology: flight feather)
първични избори noun (preliminary election)

Catalan

4 entries

primari adj (first in a group or series)
primari adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
primària adj (first in a group or series)
primària adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Cebuano

3 entries

kinaunahan adj (first in a group or series)
kinaunhan adj (first in a group or series)
nauna adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

یەکەم adj (first in a group or series)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

最初 adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
第一的 adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Czech

2 entries

primární adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
primárky noun (preliminary election)

Danish

1 entries

primær adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Dutch

1 entries

voornaamste adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

тӱҥ adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Esperanto

3 entries

primara adj (first in a group or series)
unuagrada adj (first in a group or series)
unuaranga adj (first in a group or series)

Finnish

4 entries

ala adj (first in a group or series)
ensi adj (first in a group or series)
ensimmäinen adj (first in a group or series)
ensisijainen adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

French

2 entries

primaire adj (first in a group or series)
prioritaire adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Georgian

4 entries

თავდაპირველი adj (first in a group or series)
მთავარი adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
პირველადი adj (first in a group or series)
პირველადი adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

German

3 entries

primär adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
Handschwinge noun (ornithology: flight feather)
Vorwahl noun (preliminary election)

Greek

2 entries

πρωτοβάθμιος adj (first in a group or series)
πρωτογενής adj (first in a group or series)

Hindi

4 entries

प्रथम adj (first in a group or series)
प्रथम adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
प्राथमिक adj (first in a group or series)
प्राथमिक adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Hungarian

3 entries

első adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
elsődleges adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
előválasztás noun (preliminary election)

Ido

1 entries

primara adj (first in a group or series)

Indonesian

2 entries

pokok adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
primer adj (first in a group or series)

Italian

1 entries

primario adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Japanese

1 entries

最初の adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Kazakh

1 entries

бастапқы adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Korean

1 entries

본래의 adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Māori

4 entries

hikurangi noun (ornithology: flight feather)
hikutau noun (ornithology: flight feather)
kira noun (ornithology: flight feather)
matakīrea noun (ornithology: flight feather)

Norman

1 entries

primaithe adj (first in a group or series)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

primær adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

primær adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Persian

2 entries

ابتدایی noun (first year of grade school)
نخستین noun (preliminary election)

Polish

4 entries

główny adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
pierwszy adj (first in a group or series)
podstawowy adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
lotka pierwszego rzędu noun (ornithology: flight feather)

Portuguese

4 entries

primária adj (first in a group or series)
primárias adj (first in a group or series)
primário adj (first in a group or series)
primário adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Romanian

3 entries

primar adj (first in a group or series)
alegeri preliminare noun (preliminary election)
alegeri primare noun (preliminary election)

Russian

2 entries

перви́чный adj (first in a group or series)
перви́чный adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

ite gàirdeanach noun (ornithology: flight feather)
prìomh ite sgèith noun (ornithology: flight feather)

Spanish

4 entries

primario adj (first in a group or series)
primario adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
básico noun (base or fundamental component)
primaria noun (first year of grade school)

Swedish

2 entries

huvud adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
primär adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Tagalog

1 entries

pangunahin adj (first in a group or series)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bậc nhất adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
chính adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
chính yếu adj (that which is placed ahead of others)
chủ yếu adj (that which is placed ahead of others)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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The primary aim of science is to find truth, new truth.

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It would be very convenient if English were to become everybody's primary language.

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Where to go and what to see were my primary concerns.

Source: tatoeba (38103)

This problem is too difficult for primary school children to solve.

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