Antonyms for primo

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : pree-moh; for 1, 2 also Italian pree-maw

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpri moʊ; for 1, 2 also Italian ˈpri mɔ

Definition of primo

Origin : 1740, in music terms, from Italian primo "first, chief," from Latin primus (see prime (adj.)). As slang for "excellent, first-class," perhaps an elaboration of prime. Of drugs, by 1990s, street slang.

As in outstanding : adj superior, excellent
As in primary/prime : adj best, principal
As in remarkable : adj extraordinary, unusual
As in unique : adj one-of-a-kind; without equal
As in best : adj most excellent
As in high-grade : adj prime
As in rudimental : adj elementary
As in elementary : adj simple, basic
As in fabulous : adj amazing, wonderful
As in fantastic : adj wonderful, excellent
As in first : adj highest in importance
As in foremost : adj first in rank, order
As in first off : adv before anything else

Example sentences :

What matters it, then, if ours is called the Fourth Class and theirs the Primo.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Primo de Rivero then explained his position, which was curious.
Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea

The primo sargentos were abolished, the officers reinstated.
Extract from : « Spanish Life in Town and Country » by L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street

Primo, let us make sure she is a witch—secundo, let us take her to the Abbey.
Extract from : « The Lancashire Witches » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Why should she think of me—or of anybody else, except the primo tenore, who was singing with her?
Extract from : « A Siren » by Thomas Adolphus Trollope

His chin drooped, and his glance fell on the lines just written: 'O mirabile giustizia di te, Primo Motore!'
Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

The behaviour of the troops led against them in 1881 by General Primo de Rivera doubtless confirmed them in this repugnance.
Extract from : « The Inhabitants of the Philippines » by Frederic H. Sawyer

Well described by Persoon, who also appears to have observed the plasmodium "primo rubra."
Extract from : « The North American Slime-Moulds » by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

Sed et illi ipsi qui ita sentiunt, ob instabile magnetis indicium, in primo Meridiano, multum inter se dissentiunt.
Extract from : « Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II » by Edward Luther Stevenson

Another sang a bar, primo basso, and the polished walls returned it, like the mellowed peals of a full-voiced organ.
Extract from : « Over the Ocean » by Curtis Guild

Synonyms for primo

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