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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | primeval; primary |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, ancient, central, chief, earliest, early, first, fundamental, highest, old, original, paramount, past, prehistoric, primitive, primordial, principal, pristine |
| Main Entry: | primeval |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancient |
| Synonyms: | earliest, early, first, old, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine |
| Antonyms: | modern, new |
| Main Entry: | primitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancient, original |
| Synonyms: | archaic, basic, earliest, early, elementary, essential, first, fundamental, old, primal, primary, primeval, primordial, pristine, substratal, underivative, underived, underlying, undeveloped, unevolved |
| Antonyms: | current, modern, new, present |
| Main Entry: | savage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild, untamed |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, ancient, archaic, barbarian, barbaric, bestial, brutal, brute, crude, earliest, feral, ferocious, fierce, first, fundamental, harsh, in a state of nature, lupine, native, natural, nonliterate, original, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, rough, rude, rugged, rustic, simple, turbulent, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, undomesticated, unmodified, unrestrained, unspoiled, vicious |
| Antonyms: | calm, civilized, domesticated, tame |
| Main Entry: | transcendent/transcendental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extraordinary, superior |
| Synonyms: | absolute, abstract, accomplished, beyond grasp, boundless, consummate, entire, eternal, exceeding, fantastic, finished, hypothetical, ideal, incomparable, infinite, innate, intact, intellectual, intuitive, matchless, obscure, original, otherworldly, peerless, perfect, preeminent, primordial, second to none, sublime, supernatural, supreme, surpassing, theoretical, towering, transcending, transmundane, ultimate, unequalable, unequalled, unique, unparalleled, unrivalled, whole |
| Antonyms: | inferior, ordinary, simple |
| Main Entry: | undeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | abortive, backward, behindhand, embryonic, half-baked, ignored, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primitive, primordial, unactualized, underdeveloped, unevolved, unprogressive, untaught, untrained |
| Antonyms: | adult, developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | elemental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic |
| Synonyms: | constituent, elementary, primitive, primordial, rudimental |
| Main Entry: | transcendent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | absolute, abstract, accomplished, beyond grasp, boundless, consummate, entire, eternal, exceeding, fantastic, finished, hypothetical, ideal, incomparable, infinite, innate, intact, intellectual, intuitive, matchless, obscure, original, otherworldly, peerless, perfect, pre-eminent, primordial, sublime, superior, supernatural, supreme, surpassing, theoretical, towering, transcendental, transcending, transmundane, ultimate, unequalable, unequalled, unique, unparalleled, unrivalled, whole |
| Antonyms: | inferior, ordinary, simple |
| Main Entry: | olden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, demode, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, hoary, immemorial, late, moth-eaten, of old, of yore, old as Methuselah, old as the hills, old-fashioned, old-time, oldfangled, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, time-worn, timeworn, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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