What does PRIMITIVE mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈprɪmətɪv/
- Letters
- 9
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Words With Friends score
- 19
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
adjective
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness“the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man”
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type“archaic forms of life”
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies“primitive societies”
- 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”
noun
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms“`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
primitives17
Anagrams of PRIMITIVE
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside PRIMITIVE
71 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is PRIMITIVE a valid word in word games?
PRIMITIVE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is PRIMITIVE worth?
PRIMITIVE is worth 16 points with Scrabble letter values and 19 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from PRIMITIVE?
71 other words, including IT, ME, TIME and PER.