- primitive
- adj1. primeval, primal, prehistoric, preadamic, Noachian, Noachic, Noachical, antediluvian, eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, atavistic; early, earliest; original, autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal, native, endemic, endemical, indigenous, vernacular.2. uncivilized, barbaric, savage, barbarous, wild, untamed.3. quaint, old-fashioned, unmodern; ancient, oldest, immemorial, remote, age-old, old, elderly, aged, antiquated, fossilized, fossillike, archaic.4. primordial, primigenial, elementary, simple, uncomplicated, plain, natural; pristine, uncorrupted, unsullied; unsophisticated, uncultivated, uncultured, uncouth.5. crude, unrefined, coarse, rough, unpolished; rudimentary, embryonic, undeveloped.6. radical, basic, fundamental, elemental, underlying, underived, immediate; essential, requisite, required, necessary, needed, indispensable; innate, connate, congenital, inborn, intrinsic, inbred, genie, genetic, inherent, inherited, hereditary, ingrained, deep-rooted.7. prime, primary, initial, first.n8. antediluvian, prehistoric man, preadamite, cave man, ape-man; autochthon, aboriginal, Australian Inf. boong, original, settler, pioneer, Australian. bushman.9. barbarian, savage, wild man.10. antiquity, antique, relic, fossil, petroglyph.11. rudiment, fundamental; essential, requisite, requirement, necessity.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.