Unscramble primitive

Definition of primitive

adjective:

• 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". Synonyms: crude, rude.
• 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". Synonyms: archaic.
• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies".
• 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". Synonyms: naive.

noun:

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. Synonyms: primitive person.
• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.
• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived".

Related words

autochthon, barbarian, caveman, savage, troglodyte.