primitive

1. A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization (synset 109650650)
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   subtypes:

   • aryan, indo-european - a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
   • autochthon - the earliest known inhabitants of a region
   • basket maker - early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
   • cave dweller, cave man, caveman, troglodyte - someone who lives in a cave
   • heidelberg man, homo heidelbergensis - a type of primitive man who lived in Europe
   • ape-man, missing link - hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
   • mound builder - prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
   • piltdown hoax, piltdown man - a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
   • barbarian, savage - a member of an uncivilized people
   • feral man, wild man - a person who is not socialized
   same as: primitive person
2. A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived (synset 106305894)
   is a type of: expression, formula - a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
3. A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms (synset 106305722)
   "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
   is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify

1. Belonging to an early stage of technical development;
   Characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness (synset 300821744)
   "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
   similar to: early - being or occurring at an early stage of development
   same as: crude, rude
2. Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type (synset 300821300)
   "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
   similar to: early - being or occurring at an early stage of development
   same as: archaic
3. Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (synset 300414509)
   "primitive societies"
   referred to in: anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
   similar to: noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development
4. Of or created by one without formal training;
   Simple or naive in style (synset 301919239)
   "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
   referred to in: beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
   similar to: untrained - not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training
   same as: naive

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