Scrabble and Words with Friends

• PRIMITIVE is a valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• PRIMITIVE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 19 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• PRIMITIVE is a 9 letter word containing the letters e, i, i, i, m, p, r, t, v.

Definitions

• primitive

  noun a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

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• primitive

  noun a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

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• primitive

  noun a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
  `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived

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• primitive

  adjective satellite belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
  primitive movies of the 1890s
  primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains

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• primitive

  adjective satellite little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
  primitive mammals
  the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe

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• primitive

  adjective satellite used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
  primitive societies

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• primitive

  adjective satellite 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

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• Lookup PRIMITIVE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Synonyms

Words that sound like 'primitive'

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