You went back to the camp leaving me alone in the primeval forest.
Source: tatoeba (687994)
Primeval
//pɹaɪ̯ˈmiː.vəl//
Synonyms for "primeval" (97 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Synonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ᾰ̓ρχαῖος adj (belonging to the first ages)
Bulgarian
3 entries- праисторически adj (belonging to the first ages)
- първичен adj (primary; original)
- първобитен adj (primitive)
Catalan
1 entries- primigeni adj (belonging to the first ages)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 原始的 adj (belonging to the first ages)
Czech
1 entries- pravěký adj (belonging to the first ages)
Egyptian
1 entries- pA-A-w-t:y-X6 adj (belonging to the first ages)
Finnish
4 entries- alkeellinen adj (primitive)
- alku adj (belonging to the first ages)
- alkuperäinen adj (primary; original)
- iki adj (belonging to the first ages)
French
3 entries- originel adj (primary; original)
- primitif adj (belonging to the first ages)
- primitif adj (primitive)
Galician
1 entries- primixéneo adj (belonging to the first ages)
Georgian
1 entries- პირველყოფილი adj (belonging to the first ages)
German
4 entries- Ur adj (primary; original)
- einfach adj (primitive)
- primitiv adj (primitive)
- ursprünglich adj (primary; original)
Greek
1 entries- αρχέγονος adj (belonging to the first ages)
Hebrew
1 entries- ימי קדם adj (belonging to the first ages)
Irish
2 entries- cianaosta adj (belonging to the first ages)
- príomhaoiseach adj (belonging to the first ages)
Italian
1 entries- primordiàle adj (belonging to the first ages)
Japanese
2 entries- 原始 adj (belonging to the first ages)
- 原生 adj (belonging to the first ages)
Manx
1 entries- bun-eashagh adj (belonging to the first ages)
Occitan
2 entries- original adj (primary; original)
- primitiu adj (primitive)
Polish
4 entries- pierwotny adj (primary; original)
- pradawny adj (belonging to the first ages)
- pradziejowy adj (belonging to the first ages)
- prastary adj (belonging to the first ages)
Portuguese
1 entries- primevo adj (belonging to the first ages)
Russian
4 entries- первобы́тный adj (belonging to the first ages)
- первозда́нный adj (primary; original)
- первонача́льный adj (primary; original)
- примити́вный adj (primitive)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- seantaidh adj (belonging to the first ages)
- àrsaidh adj (belonging to the first ages)
Spanish
4 entries- originario adj (primary; original)
- primario adj (primary; original)
- primevo adj (belonging to the first ages)
- primevo adj (primitive)
Swedish
2 entries- urtida adj (belonging to the first ages)
- urtids adj (belonging to the first ages)
Tagalog
2 entries- ka-noon-noonan adj (belonging to the first ages)
- noong-unang-panahon adj (belonging to the first ages)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пе́рві́сний adj (primary; original)
- прада́вній adj (belonging to the first ages)
- приміти́вний adj (primitive)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
High up, crowning the grassy summit of a swelling mound whose sides are wooded near the base with the gnarled trees of the primeval forest, stands the old chateau of my ancestors.
Source: tatoeba (5749658)
Several primeval vases stand in this room.
Source: tatoeba (6031504)
The Białowieża Forest in Poland and Belarus is one of the last remaining primeval forests in Europe.
Source: tatoeba (6098505)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.