primitive

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primitive
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Sense: Simple

Synonyms:

rudimentary, embryonic, first , fundamental , rude , crude , rough and ready, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated, childlike

Sense: Ancient

Synonyms:

primeval, archaic, primordial, old , antediluvian, earliest, prehistoric

Sense: Uncivilized

Synonyms:

crude , rough , simple , rude , atavistic, uncivilized, savage , uncultured, natural , barbaric, barbarous, barbarian, fierce , untamed, uncouth, ignorant, undomesticated, wild , animal , brutish, raw , untaught, aboriginal, green , unlearned, untutored, underdeveloped, Neanderthal, Stone Age, indigenous , primal, primordial

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