Primitive

Noun

 * 1) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative:.
 * 2)  A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
 * 3) A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
 * 4)  A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

Related terms

 * prime

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
 * 3) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
 * 4)  Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.

Derived terms

 * primitiveness

Adverbs for Primitive
unexpectedly; impossibly; intolerably; beautifully; unfashionably; stylishly; restfully; strikingly; pathetically; incredibly; curiously; grotesquely; fantastically; dramatically; spectacularly; uncomfortably; entertainingly; interestingly; singularly; hopelessly; undesirably; quaintly; sweetly; fearfully; miserably; comfortably; happily.

Thesaurus
Bronze Age man, Gothic, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Neanderthal, Stone Age man, ab ovo, abecedarian, aboriginal, aborigine, ancestral, ancient, animal, antediluvian, antenatal, antepatriarchal, anthropoid, ape-man, archaic, atavistic, autochthon, autochthonous, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, basal, basic, basilar, beginning, bestial, brutal, brutish, budding, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, central, childlike, coarse, cognate, constituent, constitutive, creative, crucial, crude, derivation, derivative, doublet, earliest, earliest inhabitant, early, elemental, elementary, embryonic, endemic, eponym, erstwhile, essential, etymon, fetal, first, first comer, fore, formative, former, fossil man, foundational, fundamental, generative, genetic, germinal, gestatory, gut, homebred, homegrown, hominid, humanoid, ill-bred, immemorial, impolite, in embryo, in its infancy, in ovo, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, indigene, indigenous, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, late, local, local yokel, man of old, material, missing link, naive, nascent, natal, native, native-born, noncivilized, of the essence, old, olden, once, onetime, original, outlandish, parturient, past, patriarchal, persistent, postnatal, preadamite, preglacial, pregnant, prehistoric, prehistoric man, prehuman, prenatal, previous, primal, primary, primate, prime, primeval, primitive settler, primogenial, primoprimitive, primordial, prior, pristine, procreative, protogenic, protohistoric, protohuman, quondam, radical, raw, recent, root, rough, rough-and-ready, rude, rudimental, rudimentary, savage, seminal, simple, simplistic, sometime, substantial, substantive, then, troglodyte, troglodytic, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, underived, underlying, undeveloped, unkempt, unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, unschooled, unsophisticated, untamed, untaught, untrained, untutored, ur, vernacular, wild

Etymology
From primitif <  primitivus: < primus:; see prime.

Noun

 * Catalan: primitiu
 * Chinese: 原始 (yuanshi)
 * Dutch: primitief
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: primitivo, primitivi ,


 * Japanese: 原始 (げんし, genshi)
 * Korean: 원시 (wonsi)
 * Latin: primitivum
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * Catalan: primitiu, primitiva
 * Chinese: 原始 (yuanshi)
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: primitief
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: primitiv
 * Greek: πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos), πρωτόγονη (prōtógonē) , πρωτόγονο (prōtogono)
 * Italian: primitivo m singular, primitiva f singular, primitivi m plural, primitive f plural


 * Japanese: 原始的 (げんしてき, genshiteki)
 * Korean: 원시 (wonsi)
 * Latin: primitivus, primitiva , primitivum
 * Polish: prymitywny, prymitywna , prymitywne
 * Romanian: primitiv, primitivi, primitivă
 * Russian: примитивный (primitivny) примитивная (primitivnaya), примитивно (primitivno)
 * Spanish:

Adjective
primitive