primary/prime

capital cardinal chief crackerjack dominant excellent fab first first-class greatest heavy highest hot leading main number one paramount primo state-of-the-art stellar top top-of-the-line tough world-class

auxiliary inferior least minor second-rate secondary subordinate worst

aboriginal beginning direct first firsthand immediate initial original pioneer primal primeval primitive primordial pristine

final latest

basal beginning bottom central elemental elementary essential first foundational introductory meat-and-potatoes original primitive principal radical rudimentary simple three R's ultimate underivative underived underlying

auxiliary latest least minor secondary supplemental