Primitive

Definition: Primitive

Primitive

Adjective

1. 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".

2. 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".

3. (anthropology; of societies) preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial; "primitive societies".

4. (fine arts) 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".

Noun

1. A person who belongs to early stage of civilization.

2. A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.

3. A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived".

Date "primitive" was first used: 1392. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Primitive A function, operator, or type which is built into a programming language (or operating system), either for speed of execution or because it would be impossible to write it in the language. Primitives typically include the arithmetic and logical operations (plus, minus, and, or, etc.) and are implemented by a small number of machine language instructions. (1995-05-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Mining	See:primitive circle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

n	primitive root mod n
2	1
3	2
4	3
5	2
6	5
7	3
8	-
9	2
10	3
11	2
12	-
13	2
14	3

Synonyms: Primitive

Synonyms: archaic (adj), crude (adj), rude (adj), primitive person (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Beginning	Adjective: beginning; Verb: initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient; proemial, inaugural; inchoate, inchoative; embryonic, rudimental; primogenial; primeval, primitive, primordial; (old); aboriginal; natal, nascent.
Cause	Adjective: caused; v; causal, original; primary, primitive, primordial; aboriginal; protogenal; radical; embryonic, embryotic; in embryo, in ovo; seminal, germinal; at the bottom of; connate, having a common origin.
Oldness	Prime; primitive, primeval, primigenous; paleolontological, paleontologic, paleoanthropological, paleoanthropic, paleolithic; primordial, primordinate; aboriginal; (beginning); diluvian, antediluvian; protohistoric; prehistoric; antebellum, colonial, precolumbian; patriarchal, preadamite; paleocrystic; fossil, paleozoolical, paleozoic, preglacial, antemundane; archaic, classic, medieval, Pre-Raphaelite, ancestral, black-letter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Primitive, but harmless (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.) They may be mental giants but physically, by our standards, they must be very primitive. (The War of the Worlds; writing credit: Barré Lyndon; H.G. Wells) Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small, unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a really neat idea (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) Human thought is so primitive it's looked upon as an infectious disease by the rest of the universe (Men in Black; writing credit: Ed Solomon) Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect for the insane (Rumble Fish; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola; S.E. Hinton)
Lyrics	Of my primitive ancestry (Birdhouse in Your Soul; performing artist: They Might Be Giants)
Movie/TV Titles	Primitive London (1965) Making Primitive Stone Tools (1950) Primitive Pluto (1950) Her Primitive Man (1944) Primitive Pitcairn (1935)
Song Titles	Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand (performing artist: Primitive Radio Gods)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	American Primitive (reference) Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (reference) How to Make Drums Tom Toms and Rattles: Primitive Percussion Instruments for Modern Use (reference) Night of the Tiki: The Art of Shag, Schmaltz, and Selected Primitive Oceanic Carvings (reference) Primitive Photography: A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Primitive Archer Magazine (reference) Society Of Primitive Technology Bulletin (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Primitive Love/Mondo Balordo (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Vol. 2 [LIVE] (reference) Primitive Plus (reference) Primitive Streak (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	"Petals" by Katherine Brandl. The symplectic leaves associated with a Poisson bracket, used to describe the primitive spectra of certain algebras.		A primitive ferry boat in the Southern Philippines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	A little less primitive ferry boat in the Southern Philippines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Fred Walton on a primitive snowmobile at McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitz gerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islands expedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		A afrmer use a primitive moldboard plow to till his farmland. Credit: Unknown.
	Cholera can thrive where poverty, overcrowding and primitive sanitation are found together ... / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Primitive sketch, reproduced as a photograph by T. Lilienthal, New Orleans, circa 1862-65. Credit: NAVY.
	Primitive watercolor of Civil War vintage. Credit: NAVY.		Primitive shipping--unloading lighters at Playa--seaport of Ponce, Porto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Roar; bellow; gorilla; anthropoid ape; simian; primate; barbarous; bloodthirsty; dangerous; enraged; feral; ferocious; fiery; furious; infuriated; primitive; raging; savage; untamed; vicious; violent; wild; enraged; maddened; provoked.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Benjamin Franklin	He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity, will revolutionize the world.
Denis Diderot	Good music is very close to primitive language.
Norman Mailer	Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The cloaca has now nothing of its primitive ferocity
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	They were beans cheerfully returning to their wild and primitive state that I cultivated, and my hoe played the Ranz des Vaches for them
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Fungi, which are primitive plant forms, include yeasts and molds. (references)
		Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) usually affect children and young adults. (references)
		It is also marked by the appearance of the primitive acinus, the future lung tissue responsible for gas exchange. (references)
Business		Several years ago the Russian home health care market was mainly represented by primitive home health care equipment and products. (references)
Economic History	Egypt	Archeological findings show that primitive tribes lived along the Nile long before the dynastic history of the pharaohs began. (references)
	Colombia	During the pre-Colombian period, the area now known as Colombia was inhabited by indigenous peoples who were primitive hunters or nomadic farmers. (references)
	Bolivia	Forced to work under primitive conditions in the mines and in nearly feudal status on large estates, they were denied access to education, economic opportunity, or political participation. (references)
Human Rights	Mozambique	Latrine facilities were primitive; in some prisons, inmates were forced to keep human waste in their cells until they persuaded or bribed attendants to remove it. Food was substandard and scarce. (references)
Political Economy	Sudan	Health care and schooling at the camps generally are poor, and basic living conditions often are primitive. (references)
Travel	Thailand	Public transportation in the form of inter-city air-conditioned buses, and regular buses serve the general population and vary in comfort and efficiency . Inter-city rail service ranges from comfortable and efficient to primitive. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	Propose a restoration of this primitive State in which its Teachers depended on the voluntary rewards of their flocks, many of them predict its downfall.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	But the executive and, still more, the judiciary departments are yet in a great measure confined to their primitive organization, and are now not adequate to the urgent wants of a still growing community.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Their economic life is primitive and stagnant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Primitive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.75% of the time. "Primitive" is used about 1,199 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	95.75%	1,148	6,683
Noun (singular)	4.08%	49	48,677
Noun (proper)	0.17%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	1,199	N/A

Expressions using "primitive": confirm primitive ♦ entry primitive ♦ graphic primitive ♦ indication primitive ♦ input primitive ♦ output primitive ♦ primitive area ♦ primitive axes of coordinate ♦ primitive chord ♦ primitive christianity ♦ primitive circle ♦ primitive colors ♦ primitive Fathers ♦ primitive germanic ♦ primitive groove ♦ primitive man ♦ primitive name ♦ primitive neuroectodermal tumors ♦ primitive person ♦ primitive plane ♦ primitive rock ♦ primitive rocks ♦ primitive sheath ♦ primitive society ♦ primitive streak ♦ primitive trace ♦ primitive water ♦ request primitive ♦ response primitive. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "primitive": primitive-communal, primitive-looking.
	Ending with "primitive": multi-primitive, pre-primitive, service-primitive.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "primitive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		primitief. (various references)

Albanian		primitiv (primal, primordial, wild), njeri i lashtë, i vjetër (ancient, antique, long ago, long standing, moss-grown, old, olden, passe, shabby, superannuated, used), i thjeshtë (abecedarian, artless, austere, bare, chaste, childlike, common, easy, elementary, enlisted, folksy, foolproof, Hick, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, inelaborate, informal, ingenuous, inornate, mere, modest, native, natural, neat, not mingled, onefold, ordinary, plain, prime, private, pure, quotidian, rude, russet, rustic, simple, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, very), i parë (aboriginal, early, first, foremost, former, front, headmost, initial, maiden, opening, original, premier, primary, progenitor), i dalë mode (demode, demoded, obsolete, old fashioned, out of date, outmoded, outworn), fillestar (apprentice, beginner, catechumen, departure, elementary, freshman, incipient, infantile, initial, learner, neophyte, novice, preliminary, prime, primordial, radical, recruit, rookie, tiro, youngling). (various references)

Arabic		‏فطري (congenital, connate, fungoid, fungous, fungus, habitual, inborn, inbred, indigenous, inherent, innate, native, natural, radical), ‏قديم (ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, back, classic, classical, hoary, immemorial, obsolete, of long standing, old, old fashioned, old hand, old time, old timer, old-established, oldster, once, out of date, outdated, outmoded, quondam, sometime, stale, staleness, stock, superannuate, time honored, time worn, very old), ‏ساذج (artless, credulous, drip, gaga, gimp, green, guileless, gullible, honest, ingenuous, innocent, mug, naive, ninny, oafish, pastoral, patsy, platitudinous, provincial, silly, simple, unsophisticated, untutored, unworldly), ‏طبيعي (homely, inborn, inbred, indigenous, natural, naturalist, naturalistic, normal, physical, spontaneous, straight, temperamental, unaffected), ‏جاهل (artless, benighted, blockhead, ignorant, illiterate, innocent, nescient, raw, rude, simple, unaware, unlettered, untaught), ‏شىء بدائي, ‏دارس الفن على نفسه, ‏بسيط (attic, chaste, crude, down to earth, elementary, homely, honest, innocent, low-browed, lowly, mere, modest, naive, natural, pastoral, petty, plain, provincial, rustic, silly, simple, simple minded, sparing, straightforward, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, with distortion), ‏بدائي (aboriginal, embryonic, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine, rudimentary). (various references)

Bulgarian		непроизводен човек, пра- (proto-), предисторически (prehistoric, primaeval), прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, humble, illiberal, low, native, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, plain, prime, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar), прост човек (simple), първобитен (primaeval, primal, pristine), най-ранен (foremost, original, primordial), примитивен (barbaric, primary, pristine, rude, uncouth, wild and woolly), непроизводен, старомоден (antiquated, archaic, corny, dowdy, fossil, fusty, hunker, moldy, obsolete, old fashioned, old hat, old time, out of date, outmoded, passe, quaint, square-toed, traditional), непроизводна дума (simplex), основен (abecedarian, alkali, alkaline, basal, basic, bottom, capital, essential, fundamental, general, grade, gut, key, key note, main, organic, pivotal, polar, primal, prime, primordial, principal, radical, rudimental, rudimentary, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing, tonic, ultimate, underlying), основна дума (keyword), остарял (antiquated, dated, dead, extinct, grown old, hoary, moldy, moss-grown, mouldy, musty, obsolete, old, out of date, outdated, outworn, passe, played out, prehistoric, rusty, superannuated, worm-eaten), картина на художник примитивист, художник примитивист, най-стар (primordial). (various references)

Chinese		原始 (first, original). (various references)

Czech		prvotní (original, prime, primeval, raw), primitivní (low, uncivilized, wild), primitiv (ignoramus), pùvodní (novel, original, prime), základní barva (dead colour, ground colour, primary color), základní (basal, basic, Cardinal, elementary, essential, fundamental, funded, overriding, primary, principal, radical, rudimentary, standard, staple, ultimate, underlying), kořenné slovo. (various references)

Danish		primitiva (fore-, greatgrand-), primitiv (original, primordial), tjenesteprimitiv (service-primitive). (various references)

Dutch		primitief (original, primordial). (various references)

Esperanto		primitiva. (various references)

Farsi		پیشین (Antecedent, Fore, Former, Olden, Previous, Primeval, Prior, Pristine), قدیم (Aborigine), انسان اولیه , بدوی (Bedouin, Germinal, Incipient, Initial, Nomad, Rudimentary, Seminal). (various references)

Finnish		primitiivi (service-primitive), palveluprimitiivi (service-primitive), alkukantainen, alkeellinen (elementary, primary). (various references)

French		primitif (primaeval, primal, primeval, pristine). (various references)

Frisian		primityf. (various references)

German		primitiv (barbaric, crude, crudely, plebby, primitively, rude), primitive (primitiv, primitive person). (various references)

Greek		πρωτόγονοσ (aboriginal, primeval, pristine), πρωτόγονος (pristine), αρχέγονοσ (aboriginal, primordial), αρχέγονος, αρχέγονο υπηρεσίας (service primitive), αρχέγονο (primitiveness), αρχικόσ (inceptive, initial, initiatory, original, originative, primal, primary, primordial, pristine), θεμελιακό στοιχείο. (various references)

Hebrew		קדמון (aboriginal, ancestor, ancient), פרימיטיבי, היולי (hylic, primeval), ראשיתי (primeval, primordial), ראשוני (ancient, basic, first, original, primal, primary, prime, rudimentary), נחשל (backward, borderline, retrograde, underdeveloped). (various references)

Hungarian		primitív (barbaric, rough, simplistic), kezdetleges (aborted, abortive, embryonary, embryonic, half-baked, inchoate, rudimentary, upcountry). (various references)

Indonesian		primitif. (various references)

Italian		primitivo (original, primaeval, primal, primeval, rude, savage, wild). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		原生 (primeval, spontaneous generation), 原始的 (original), 原 (field, fundamental, moor, original, plain, prairie, primary, raw, tundra, wilderness), プラント輸出 (angrily, export of manufacturing plant, in a huff, in anger, plait, planner, planning, pleat, pleated skirt, pre-, pre-amplifier, preference, prefix, preprocessor, prerecording, preset, pretty, pretty-print, priest, prima ballerina, prima donna, primitive art, prince, Prince Edward Island, prince melon, princess, princess coat, principle, printer, prism, pudding), だからと言って (also, and, and so forth, and the like, and what not, as might be expected, baggy, because, because ~, but, even, however, if it's the case, just because, loose, nevertheless, not just ...., not necessarily, or, out of fashion, too, unsophisticated, while it may be true that). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		プリミティブ , げんしてき (original), げんせい (current state, exactness, impartiality, life, present or actual strength, presentworld, primeval, rigidness, sound of the strings, spontaneous generation, strictness, the present age), げん (bow string, chord, fundamental, handle, not to be touched, original, primary, raw, remark, serious, statement, string, word), ださい (out of fashion, unsophisticated). (various references)

Korean		원시 (Primeval). (various references)

Manx		frauee (derivative), bunneydagh (authoritative, basic, elemental, firsthand, fundamental, fundamentalist, original, primordial, radical, rudimentary, underlying, vital). (various references)

Papiamen		primitivo. (various references)

Pig Latin		imitivepray.(various references)

Portuguese		primitivo (barbaric, early, first, forehand, former, larrikin, low-lived, origin, primaeval, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primordial, pristine, savage, whilom, wilding). (various references)

Romanian		primitiv (crude, dark, primal, primary, primeval, primitively, rude), strãvechi (ancient, antique, dateless, hoary, immemorial, time worn), simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished), natural (careless, certainly, easy, genuine, home-bred, innocent, kind, lifelike, matter of course, native, natural, naturally, physical, real, reasonably, simple, undisguised, unsophisticated, unvarnished). (various references)

Russian		старомодный (antiquated, fogey, fogy, frumpish, frumpy, fusty, hunker, moldy, moss-grown, mouldy, of the old school, old fashioned, old-fashioned, old-style, outmoded, victorian), основной (basal, basic, best, elemental, essential, fundamental, key, main, most basic, overriding, primal, primary, prime, principal, radical, underlying), простой (a.b.c., abc, artless, austere, broken time, chaste, downtime, down-time, home-bred, homely, idle time, inelaborate, inornate, mere, native, onefold, one-fold, ordinary, outage, pure, run-of-the-mill, rustic, shirt-sleeve, simple, straightforward, unceremonious, unpretentious, unsophisticated), примитивный (primal), примитив простой, первозданный, первобытный (barbaric, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		primitivan, primitivac. (various references)

Spanish		primitivo (a b c, a.b.c., abc, aboriginal, early, initial, original, primaeval, primal, primeval). (various references)

Swedish		primitiv (primaeval, uncivilised, uncivilized), ursprunglig (aboriginal, coming, natural, original, primary, primeval, primordial, pristine, simple), enkel (artless, bald, easy, elemental, elementary, facile, folksy, frugal, homely, homespun, humble, jejune, obvious, one-fold, open and shut, plain, rough, simple, single, straightforward, unadorned, uncomplicated, unvarnished). (various references)

Turkish		primitif, yapmacıksız ve kendi kendini yetiştirmiş ressam, kök sözcük (radix), ilkel (crude, elementary, embryonic, primal, primeval, primordial, proto-, rude, rudimental, rudimentary), ilk insan, ilk çağa ait (primeval), ilk (early, elementary, first, initial, initiative, initiatory, maiden, preliminary, premier, primal, primary, prime, primordial, pristine, proto-, the very first), basit (basic, countrified, crude, easy, elemental, elementary, everyday, facile, foolproof, frugal, frugally, homely, humble, jejune, potty, simple, simplex, simplificative, simplistic, small, straightforward, undemanding, vulgar). (various references)

Ukrainian		старомодний (ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, corny, frumpish, old fashioned, oldfangled, out of date, out of fashion, outmoded, square-toed, victorian, vintage), кореневе слово, кореневий (radical), грубий (abrupt, artless, barbaresque, barbaric, base, bearish, boarish, broad, brusque, brute, caddish, chuffy, churlish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, coarse grained, crass, crude, gross, hard boiled, homely, ill bred, knockabout, offhand, plebeian, ribald, rough, rough spoken, rude, scratchy, shaggy, surly, swinish, truculent, uncouth), основний (basal, base, basic, basilar, capital, central, chief, first, foremost, fundamental, key, main, master, organic, primary, principal, quintessence, radical, staple, substantial, ultimate, underlying), нескладний (broken, cumbersome, fool-proof, lob, off-key, onefold, open and shut, ordinary), примітивістський, примітивіст, примітивний (primal, rude), примітив, первісна людина, первісний (aboriginal, antecedent, archetypal, barbaric, initial, original, originary, primaeval, primal, prime, primeval), первозданний. (various references)

Vietnamese		nguyên thuỷ (aboriginal, primary, primerval), ban sơ thô sơ. (various references)

Welsh		cyntefig (prime). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	primitivus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "primitive": primitively, primitiveness, primitivenesses, primitives. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Primitive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pimitive, pinitive, premitive, premtive, primative, primatize, primatve, primetive, primitif, primitiv, Primity, Primotif, primtive. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "primitive" (pronounced pri"mutiv)
5	-m u t i v	affirmative, formative, informative, normative, uninformative.
4	-u t i v	accusative, acquisitive, additive, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, recuperative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, unrepresentative, vituperative.
3	-t i v	accommodative, abortive, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-i-i-m-p-r-t-v"
	-3 letters: mitier, permit, pitier, privet.
	-4 letters: merit, miter, mitre, prime, primi, remit, rivet, tempi, timer, tripe, viper.
	-5 letters: emir, emit, impi, item, mire, miri, mite, peri, perm, pert, pier, prim, rime, ripe, rite, rive, temp, term, tier, time, tipi, tire, trim, trip, vert, vier.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-i-i-m-p-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: primitives.
	+2 letters: primitively.
	+3 letters: permittivity.
	+4 letters: primitiveness, primitivities.
	+5 letters: overoptimistic, oversimplistic, permittivities.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
primitive art	1,180	primitive decorating	29
primitive	263	primitive folk art	28
candle country primitive	201	archer primitive	27
primitive craft	105	cake candle primitive	27
primitive baptist	82	primitive wholesale	23
primitive furniture	76	antique primitive	22
b b b b bed discount fabric linen linen primitive quilt shop	68	primitive sign	21
country primitive	64	primitive stitchery pattern	21
primitive quilt	59	primitive country craft	19
primitive doll	51	primitive stencil	18
graphic primitive	50	primitive reflex	18
primitive quartet	49	god lyrics primitive radio	18
primitive decor	46	b b b b b b b b black brutal cds death metal metal online primitive recording store t vinyl	18
primitive stitchery	41	the urban primitive	18
primitive pattern	39	baptist church primitive	18
panther primitive	39	primitive weapon	17
primitive archery	36	modern primitive	17
primitive radio god	35	camping primitive	17
doll pattern primitive	35	primitive country furniture	17
primitive candle	30	directory primitive wholesale	16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Primitive

Definition: Primitive

Primitive

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definition: Primitive

Specialty Definition: Primitive

Primitive (album)

Primitive (song)

Primitive root modulo n

Synonyms: Primitive

Synonyms within Context: Primitive

Beginning

Cause

Oldness

Crosswords: Primitive

Modern Usage: Primitive

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Primitive

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Primitive

Photos:Primitive

Illustrations:Primitive

Computer Images:Primitive

Photo Album: Primitive

Digital Photo Gallery: Primitive

Sounds Captioned with "Primitive".

Familiar Quotations: Primitive

Benjamin Franklin

Denis Diderot

Norman Mailer

Use in Literature: Primitive

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Primitive

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Primitive

James Madison

John Quincy Adams

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Primitive

Expressions: Primitive

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Primitive

Modern Translation: Primitive

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Papiamen

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Photos:
Primitive

Illustrations:
Primitive

Computer Images:
Primitive