primitive

nouns

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
primitive, primitive person
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
primitive
is a type of (narrower)
a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
expression, formula
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
primitive
is a type of (narrower)
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
word

adjectives

belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
crude, primitive, rude
is derived from
primitiveness
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
"archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
archaic, primitive
is derived from
primitiveness
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
"primitive societies"
primitive
is derived from
primitiveness
is similar to
not having a high state of culture and social development
noncivilised, noncivilized
domain category
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
anthropology
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"
naive, primitive