Primitive

noun

'primɪtɪv

Adjective

little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
“primitive mammals”
“the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe”
Similar:Archaic
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”
Similar:Crude Rude
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:Naive
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
“primitive societies”

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
“`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived”
Type of:Word
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Type of:IndividualSoulSomebody
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
Type of:FormulaExpression