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original

modif.

Pertaining to the source
primary, primeval, primordial, rudimentary, rudimental, aboriginal, elementary, inceptive, in embryo, fundamental, protogenic, primitive, initial, beginning, commencing, starting, opening, dawning, incipient; see also first 1.
Antonyms late*, recent, developed.
Creative
originative, productive, causal, causative, generative, imaginative, inventive, innovative, ingenious, unconventional, constitutive, formative, demiurgic, resourceful, ready, quick, seminal, envisioning, sensitive, archetypal, inspiring, devising, conceiving, fertile, fictive, fashioning, molding.
Antonyms stupid*, imitative, unproductive.
Not copied
first, new, fresh, novel, earliest, initial, primary, principal, genuine, firsthand, uncopied, underived, unused, independent, one, sole, lone, single, solitary, neoteric, authentic, pure, new-fashioned, untranslated, nonimitative, unexampled, elemental, real, absolute; see also unique 1, unusual 1, 2.
Antonyms imitated*, copied, repeated. See syn. study at new.new.

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Another word for original

adjective

Preceding all others in time:
earliest, first, initial, maiden, pioneer, primary, prime, primordial. See start
Arising from or going to the root or source:
basal, basic, foundational, fundamental, primary, radical, underlying. See surface
Not derived from something else:
primary, prime, primitive. See start
Not counterfeit or copied:
actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, good, indubitable, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable. See true
Not the same as what was previously known or done:
different, fresh, innovative, inventive, new, newfangled, novel, unfamiliar, unprecedented. See new
Characterized by or productive of new things or new ideas:
creative, ingenious, innovative, innovatory, inventive. See ability

noun

A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made:
archetype, father, master, protoplast, prototype. See start
A person who is appealingly odd or curious:
character, oddity. (Informal) card, oddball. See usual