What are some opposite words for PRIMITIVE?

Antonyms for PRIMITIVE
ˈprɪm ɪ tɪvprim·i·tive

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. primitive

    Aboriginal (Latin ab, from, origo, origin) signifies pertaining to the aborigines or earliest known inhabitants of a country in the widest sense, including not merely human beings but inferior animals and plants as well. Autochthonic (Greek autos, self, and chthōn, earth) signifies sprung from the earth, especially from the soil of one's native land. Primeval (Latin primum, first, and ævum, age), signifies strictly belonging to the first ages, earliest in time, but often only the earliest of which man knows or conceives, immemorial. Aboriginal, autochthonic, and primeval combine the meanings of ancient and original; aboriginal inhabitants, autochthonic races, primeval forests. Prime and primary may signify either first in time, or more frequently first in importance; primary has also the sense of elementary or preparatory; we speak of a prime minister, a primary school. Primal is chiefly poetic, in the sense of prime; as, the primal curse. Primordial is first in an order of succession or development; as, a primordial leaf. Primitive frequently signifies having the original characteristics of that which it represents, as well as standing first in time; as, the primitive church. Primitive also very frequently signifies having the original or early characteristics without remoteness in time. Primeval simplicity is the simplicity of the earliest ages; primitive simplicity may be found in retired villages now. Pristine is an elegant word, used almost exclusively in a good sense of that which is original and perhaps ancient; as, pristine purity, innocence, vigor. That which is both an original and natural product of a soil or country is said to be indigenous; that which is actually produced there is said to be native, though it may be of foreign extraction; humming-birds are indigenous to America; canaries may be native, but are not indigenous. Immemorial refers solely to time, independently of quality, denoting, in legal phrase, "that whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary;" as, an immemorial custom; an immemorial abuse. Compare OLD.

    Compare synonyms for NEW.

    Antonyms:
    adventitious, exotic, foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent

    Synonyms:
    aboriginal, ancient, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native, old, original, patriarchal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primordial, pristine, uncreated

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. primitive

    Antonyms:
    modern, new-fangled, sophisticated, modish

    Synonyms:
    old-fashioned, primeval, quaint, simple, unsophisticated, archaic, pristine

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. primitive, primitive personnoun

    a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

    Antonyms:
    civilised, trained, late, later(a), civilized

    Synonyms:
    primitive, primitive person

  2. primitivenoun

    a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

    Antonyms:
    late, later(a), civilised, trained, civilized

    Synonyms:
    primitive person

  3. primitiveadjective

    a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

    "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"

    Antonyms:
    later(a), civilised, late, trained, civilized

    Synonyms:
    primitive person

  4. crude, primitive, rudeadjective

    belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

    "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

    Antonyms:
    late, trained, civilised, later(a), civilized

    Synonyms:
    bad-mannered, ill-bred, rough, yokelish, primitive, unrefined, rude, crude(a), underbred, rude(a), vulgar, bounderish, archaic, gross, raw, lowbred, naive, stark(a), earthy, crude, unprocessed, blunt, ill-mannered, unmannered, raw(a), unmannerly, natural, uncivil

  5. archaic, primitiveadjective

    little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

    "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

    Antonyms:
    later(a), late, civilised, trained, civilized

    Synonyms:
    archaic, naive, antiquated, primitive, crude, rude, antediluvian

  6. primitiveadjective

    used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

    "primitive societies"

    Antonyms:
    trained, late, civilized, later(a), civilised

    Synonyms:
    naive, crude, rude, archaic

  7. primitive, naiveadjective

    of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

    "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

    Antonyms:
    later(a), trained, late, civilised, civilized

    Synonyms:
    rude, uninstructed, uninitiate, unenlightened, naive, primitive, archaic, uninitiated, crude, naif

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. primitiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    pristine, primordial, primeval, primal, antique, quaint, old-fashioned, original, radical, primary

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. advanced

    advanced, not primitive

    the toy was not primitive, it was very advanced.

    Submitted by JP03 on December 8, 2014  
  2. modern

    an early stage of development or culture

    modern hunters use rifles whereas primitive hunters used bows, spears or even rocks.

    Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

How to use PRIMITIVE in a sentence?

  1. Andres Meira:

    Until you live in one of these places you don't really understand the primitive fear of earthquakes, there are times when you can't sleep and sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and make sure things aren't moving.

  2. Benjamin Franklin:

    He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.

  3. Aleksander Klaskovskii:

    The Belarusian authorities are not so primitive. They are not Internet-phobic. Lukashenko is a rational person, revolutions do not occur due to the fact that someone writes something on the Internet.

  4. Professor Auke Ijspeert:

    By decoding this primitive animal what we hope is to also contribute to the understanding of how mammals, including humans, walk. And therefore understanding input and output relationships of the spinal cord.

  5. Cas Overton:

    You know, self-preservation kicks in, and I guess a primitive part of my brain just went into operation and that was it.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#27new
#548recent
#1188foreign
#1231late
#1444modern
#2085fresh
#3456novel
#4914trained
#6251exotic
#6642sophisticated
#10591primitive
#24335civilized
#53481civilised
#113054adventitious
#255218modish

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