Primary Synonyms and Antonyms

prīmĕrē, -mə-rē
Earliest
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. original
  2. primitive
  3. initial
  4. prime
  5. first
Antonyms:
  1. secondary
Principal
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. chief
  2. principal
  3. main
  4. prime
  5. first
  6. leading
  7. capital
  8. cardinal
  9. basic
  10. foremost
  11. central
  12. key
  13. constitutional
  14. direct
  15. dominant
  16. basal
  17. earliest
  18. major
  19. elementary
  20. essential
  21. number one
  22. paramount
  23. fundamental
  24. idiopathic
  25. premier
  26. immediate
  27. initial
  28. primal
  29. top
  30. unduplicated
  31. primitive
  32. simple
  33. underlying
  34. vital
  35. master
  36. unreproduced
Preceding all others in time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. earliest
  2. first
  3. initial
  4. maiden
  5. original
  6. pioneer
  7. prime
  8. primordial
Marked by the absence of any intervention
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. direct
  2. firsthand
  3. immediate
One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abecedarium
  2. primary coil
  3. primary feather
  4. hornbook
  5. primer
  6. primary quill
  7. primary winding
A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. primary-election
First or highest in rank or importance; principal.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. chief

Words Related to Primary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. important
  2. start
  3. surface
  4. clear
  5. color
  6. tertiary
  7. near
  8. secondary-tertiary
  9. seconday
  10. primary/secondary

Primary Sentence Examples

  • Support was heavy for the school's primary sport.

  • You guys are his primary target and don't ever forget it for a minute.

  • There we have command and power in their primary form.

  • Citizens in these countries are grateful for any job that pays anything at all, and their primary concern is simply survival.

  • Primary batteries have, in the case of all large offices, been displaced by accumulators.

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