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nouna person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
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"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"adjectiveof or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
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"primitive mammals" "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"adjectivelittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
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"primitive movies of the 1890s" "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"adjectivebelonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
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nouna mathematical expression from which another expression is derivedtype of:
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"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"nouna word serving as the basis for inflected or derived formstype of:
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"primitive societies"adjectiveused of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
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Definition that contains primitive
- sponge primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- algae primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- gar primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- grindle primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
- barbarous primitive in customs and culture
- garfish primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- alga primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- duckbill primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
- lamprey primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
- crinoid primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk