Tra từ primitive - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
• Syn:
primitive person
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
Aryan, Indo-European, autochthon, Basket Maker, caveman,
cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte, Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensis, missing link,
ape-man, Mound Builder, Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax, savage, barbarian,
wild man, feral man
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
• Hypernyms:
formula, expression
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
- 'pick' is the primitive from which 'picket' is derived
• Hypernyms:
word

II - adjective

1. belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness (Freq. 8)
- the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
- primitive movies of the 1890s
- primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
• Syn:
crude, rude
• Similar to:
early
• Derivationally related forms:
rudeness (for: rude), primitiveness, crudeness (for: crude), crudity (for: crude)
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (Freq. 2)
- archaic forms of life
- primitive mammals
- the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
• Syn:
archaic
• Similar to:
early
• Derivationally related forms:
primitiveness
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (Freq. 1)
- primitive societies
• Similar to:
noncivilized, noncivilised
• Derivationally related forms:
primitiveness
• Topics:
anthropology
4. 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
• Syn:
naive
• Similar to:
untrained
• Topics:
fine arts, beaux arts