He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.
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Primitive
/ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/
Synonyms for "primitive" (270 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Strong matches (81)
creationcreativecrucialcrudederivationderivativedoubletearliestearliest inhabitantearlyelementalelementaryembryonicendemiceponymerstwhileessentialetymonfetalfirst
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first comerforeformativeformerfossil manfoundationalfundamentalgenerativegeneticgerminalgestatorygothicgutheathenhomebredhomegrownhominidhominidaehumanoidill-bredimmemorialimpolitein embryoin its infancyin ovoin the budinauguralinceptiveinchoateinchoativeincipientincunabularindigeneindigenousinfantinfantileinitialinitiativeinitiatoryintroductoryinventiveiron age man
Adjective(12 words)
Related words (135)
latelocallocal yokelman of oldmaterialmissing linknaivenascentnatalnativenative-bornnaturalneanderthalnoncivilizedof the essenceoldoldenonceonetimeoriginal
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outlandishparturientpastpatriarchalpersistentpostnatalpreadamitepreglacialpregnantprehistoricprehistoric manprehumanprenatalpreviousprimalprimaryprimateprimeprimevalprimitive settlerprimogenialprimoprimitiveprimordialpriorpristineprocreativeprotogenicprotohistoricprotohumanquondamradicalrawrecentrootroughrough-and-readyruderudimentalrudimentarysavageseminalseveresimplesimplisticsometimestone age manstylistsubstantialsubstantivethentroglodytetroglodyticunciviluncivilizeduncombeduncouthuncultivatedunculturedunderivedunderlyingundevelopedunkemptunlickedunpolishedunrefinedunschooledunsophisticateduntameduntaughtuntraineduntutoredurvernacularwild
Noun(23 words)
least complex life formmost animalisticneandertalprecambrianprehistoric eraprehistoric societyprimeval forestprimitive personradixrawreptilian brainroughrudimentaryscratch projectssimple life formstone agethe crudetribesmanuncivilized personundeveloped
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Adverb(1 words)
less developed society
Adjective(16 words)
naivepaleolithicpre scientific eraprehistoric animalsprehistoric objectsprehistoric ritepreindustrialpreindustrial ageprimaevalprimordial voidprotoprotozoicruderural residentundeveloped societyundifferentiated organism
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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15 entriesCollocations
9 entriesprimitive artprimitive cultureprimitive peopleprimitive shelterprimitive societyprimitive technologyprimitive toolprimitive toolsprimitive weapon
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Polish
1 entries- prymitywny adj (old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do.
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The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures.
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This was quite primitive compared to that.
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