Prime

/pɹaɪ̯m/

Synonyms for "prime" (596 found)

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abecedarian aboriginal acme admirable adolescence adulthood adultness adviseage of consentalgorismic algorithmic aliquot all-absorbing alpha ancestral antecedent antenatal antepatriarchal anterior anticipatory

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apexapply paintapprise arch arithmetical atavistic aurora autochthonous banner basic bedaub bedizenbedtime prayerbegild beginning besmear bestbreak of daybreaking-in brief brighteningbrush on paintbudding budtime butter calciminecamp meetingcapital cardinal central champion chanticleer charge chief choice chosen churchchurch serviceci-devant classic classical coach coat cock cockcrow cocklight color complexion compline controlling covercrack of dawncramcram with factscreamcream of the cropcreation creative crowning dab dandy daub dawn dawning day day-peep daybreak daylight dayspring decimal deep-dye detonate devotions differential digital dip discharge distemperdivine servicedominant double-dye drilldriving agedrop duty dye earlier

Adjective(2 words)

apex levelchoice

Noun(10 words)

base coatbe preparedbias bloom blossom central coatcoat with primercocking cue

Verb(1 words)

cocked

Strong matches (178)

earliest early eastertide educate eject elder elect elemental elementary elite emblazon embryonic enamel engild essential evenevening devotionsevensong excellent exceptional

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excite exercises exponential extraordinary face famous fancy fast-dye fat fell fetal figural figurate figurative fine finite firefire offfirstfirst blushfirst brighteningfirst glancefirst impressionfirst inningfirst lapfirst movefirst ratefirst roundfirst sightfirst stagefirst stepfirst stringfirst-class first-rate first-string flowerflower of agefocalfor the bestfore foregoing forehand foremost formative former forward foundational fractional fresco front frontalfull agefull bloomfull growthfullgrownness fundamental galvanize gambit gestatoryget readyget up steamgild glaze gloss grain great greatest greenness groom grown-upness gungun forhandpicked head headmost hegemonic heyday highest hit hue humanoid illuminate imaginary imbue impair impossiblein embryoin its infancyin the budinaugural inceptive inchoate inchoative incipient incunabular infant infantile infinite inform ingrain initial initiative initiatory instruct integral introductory inventive irrational japan juvenility lacquer laudslay it on thicklay onlay on colorle premier pasleadinglegal agelegalis homolet flylet offlight liturgy load logarithmic logometric magisterial maiden main major majoritymake readymanhood manlihood mark

Noun(17 words)

efflorescence equip excellent facilitate flower flush foremost glory gunlockheight of lifeheyday heydayshigh gradeinfluenceirreducible numberloads main

Adjective(2 words)

goldenhigh habitat quality

Verb(4 words)

ground initialise initialized initializes

Related words (298)

mass master matchless matinsmature agematurity maytime meeting mornmorning devotionsmotivate move nascent natal negativenight songnone nones nonesuch nonpareil

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noteworthy notify novena numeral numerary numerative numeric numerical odd office olderopening moveoptimal optimum ordinal original outstanding overriding overruling paint pair paragon paramount parget parturient patriarchal peakpeep of daypeerless pelt pepper pickpick offpickedpiece de resistancepigment pinnacle pioneer pique pistol plug positive possible postnatal pot potshoot potshotpraise meetingprayerprayer meetingprayers preadamite preceding precurrent predominant preeminent preexistent preglacial pregnant prehistoric prehuman premier prenatal prepare preponderant prevailing previous pride primal primary primaveraprime of lifeprime songprimeval primitive primitiveness primitivity primogenial primoprimitive primordial primrose principal prior pristine prize procreative protohistoric protohuman provoke puberty pubescencepublic worshipqueen quicken quintessence quintessential radical ranking rational real reciprocalreference markrevivalrevival meetingriddleripe ageriper yearsroyal rudimental rudimentary rulingsalt of the earthschool seedtime select seminal senior service set sext shade shadow shellac shootshoot atshoot downslap onslatherslop on paintsmearsmear onsmooth snipe sovereign special spreadspread onspread withspring springtide springtime stain starsteam upstellar stimulate stipple strikestuff with knowledgesubmultiple sunrise sunup superb supereminent superior superlative supreme surd surpassing swingeingtake a potshottar teachtent meetingthe bestthe best everthe topsthe very besttierce tinct tincture tinge tinttoga virilistone toptop notchtopflight topmost tops torpedo train transcendental tutor undercoat underived undersong unmatchable unmatched unparalleled unsurpassed uppermost ur varnishvery bestvesper vespersvestibule of dayvigil vigils virilitywarm upwarming-up washwatch meetingwatch nightwatch-night servicewhitewash windwind upwomanhood womanlihood worthyyears of discretionyouth youthfulness zenith

Adjective(17 words)

meridianmodel charactermodel communityoptimal cohort sizeoptimal growth conditionspeak bloomperfect shotpremier primmer prize qualityquality standardsselectstandard lab organismtop exemplar labeltop model organismundercoated

Noun(35 words)

model essaymodel schoolmorningnumber theory conceptpaint peakpeak periodpipette precondition premium prep prepare prepping prepsprimary source descriptorprime integerprime numberprime numbersprime of lifeprime quantity

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priming primo principal psychequiz preparedreadyready to actreadying sensitizingset for successtop conditiontop qualitytopv undercoatingzenith period

Verb(9 words)

preconditioned predispose predisposesprepare for examprepares sensitize sensitized sensitizes undercoat

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More general

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action adulthoodcanonical hourcognitive processdescriptor fillfill upfixgear upinfluencemake fullmaturity modifier number paint period

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18 entries

affective primingeven primeexcellent conditionforemostodd primepremium gradeprimaryprime a pumpprime a weaponprime careerprime of healthprime of lifeprimer applicationprincipalsemantic primingsurface priming

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Collocations

13 entries

Mersenne primeprime conditionprime exampleprime factorprime locationprime meridianprime ministerprime numberprime numbersprime objectiveprime rateprime suspecttwin prime

Inflections

5 entries

more primemost primeprimed primes priming

Derivations

7 entries

primable primal primed primeness primer primes priming

similar

4 entries

1stfirst mature superior

Sample sentences

49 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.

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If I were prime minister, I'd give Clinton a good talking to.

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Of course it's difficult to gain access to the Prime Minister.

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That's a matter of prime importance.

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