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Primitive

Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.

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Similar meaning 4

Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Untrained 84% connected

Not trained.

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Untrained 84% connected

Not trained.

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Broader term 6

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Expression 76% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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Formula 76% connected

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Aryan 76% connected

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Pa…

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Autochthon 76% connected

One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly i…

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Barbarian 76% connected

A foreigner.

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Indo-European 76% connected

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or natio…

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Savage 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Troglodyte 76% connected

One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.

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Primitiveness 74% connected

The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.

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Primitiveness 74% connected

The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.

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Archaic 92% connected

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

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Crude 92% connected

In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as…

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Naive 92% connected

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

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Rude 92% connected

Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

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