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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, archetypal, authentic, autochthonous, beginning, commencing, early, elementary, embryonic, first, first-hand, genuine, inceptive, infant, initial, introductory, opening, pioneer, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, prototypal, rudimental, rudimentary, starting, underivative, underived |
| Antonyms: | derivative, latest, newest |
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, prototype |
| Synonyms: | archetype, coinage, creation, exemplar, forerunner, invention, model, novelty, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, type |
| Antonyms: | creation, derivative, offshoot |
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is eccentric |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, card*, case*, character, eccentric, nonconformist, oddball, oddity, queer, weirdo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aboriginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belonging to one, existing in a place since prehistory |
| Synonyms: | ancient, earliest, endemic, first, indigenous, native, original, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial |
| Antonyms: | foreign |
| Main Entry: | actual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing at the present time |
| Synonyms: | current, exact, existent, extant, live, living, original, prevailing |
| Antonyms: | hypothetical, imaginary, nominal, past, reputed, theoretical, unreal |
| Main Entry: | archetype |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical example |
| Synonyms: | classic exemplar, form, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, perfect specimen, prime example, prototype, standard |
| Antonyms: | atypical |
| Main Entry: | authentic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, genuine |
| Synonyms: | accurate, actual, authoritative, bona fide, certain, convincing, credible, creditable, dependable, factual, faithful, for real, legit, legitimate, official, original, pure, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, twenty-four carat, valid, veritable |
| Notes: | genuine means not fake or counterfeit - or sincerely felt or expressed, while authentic means conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief and trust |
| Antonyms: | counterfeit, fake, false, falsified, unauthorized, ungenuine, unreal |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person |
| Synonyms: | card*, case*, clown, crank, customer*, duck*, eccentric, figure, freak, nut, oddball, oddity, original*, personage, personality, queer, spook, wack, weirdo, zombie |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical; distinguishing |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, individualistic, individualizing, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, uncharacteristic, untypical |
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