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Antonyms for more primary
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri |
Definition of more primary
Origin :- early 15c., "of the first order," from Latin primarius "of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Meaning "first in order" is from 1802. Primary color is first recorded 1610s (at first the seven of the spectrum, later the three from which others can be made); primary school is 1802, from French école primaire.
- The Paris journals ... are full of a plan, brought forward by Fourcroy, for the establishment of primary schools, which is not interesting to an English reader. [London "Times," April 27, 1802]
- Related: Primarily.
- adj best, principal
- adj earliest
- adj basic, fundamental
- adj basic
- "I know," said Dot, breaking in with more primary information.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls at School » by Grace Brooks Hill
- Thru all three verses Luke seems to have the more primary form.
- Extract from : « Sources of the Synoptic Gospels » by Carl S. Patton
- There are more primary and essential things; things to which they should be added, but without which they are lifeless virtues.
- Extract from : « The Business of Being a Woman » by Ida M. Tarbell
- Here the cephalont or acephalont condition is regarded as the more primary and fundamental.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 » by Various
- They made the expression of the people's will direct, yet that will surely is the more primary thing.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- This is a question for the secondary teacher especially, apart from the more primary measures recommended above.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
Synonyms for more primary
- aboriginal
- basal
- beginning
- bottom
- capital
- cardinal
- central
- chief
- constitutional
- crackerjack
- direct
- dominant
- earliest
- elemental
- elementary
- essential
- excellent
- fab
- first
- first-class
- firsthand
- foundational
- fundamental
- greatest
- heavy
- highest
- hot
- idiopathic
- immediate
- initial
- introductory
- leading
- main
- meat-and-potatoes
- number one
- original
- paramount
- pioneer
- primal
- prime
- primeval
- primitive
- primo
- primordial
- principal
- pristine
- radical
- rudimentary
- simple
- state-of-the-art
- stellar
- three R's
- top
- top-of-the-line
- tough
- ultimate
- underivative
- underived
- underlying
- vital
- world-class
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