(ת') קדום; קדמוני; פשוט; ראשיתי; חסר תרבות; פרימיטיבי

(ש"ע) אדם קדמון; צייר מלפני תקופת הרנסנס

adj. old, ancient; primeval, from prehistoric times; simple, crude; original, initial; uncivilized, uncultured

n. early man, one of the first humans; painter from period before the Renaissance

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Noun
1. a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
(synonym) primitive person
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) Aryan, Indo-European
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
(hypernym) formula, expression
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
(hypernym) word

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Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) crude, rude
(similar) early
2. 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"
(synonym) archaic
(similar) early
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
(similar) noncivilized, noncivilised
(classification) anthropology
4. 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"
(similar) untrained
(classification) fine arts, beaux arts

nm. primitive, early man, one of the first humans

adj. primitive, old, ancient, primeval, from prehistoric times; simple, uncivilized, uncultured, unsophisticated, unrefined

nf. primitive, painter from period before the Renaissance

adj. primitive, primeval; primal, wild; pristine