primitive

What is the Definition of primitive?

Noun:

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

Adjective:

1. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often)
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
4. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

Other meanings of primitive (synonyms, cognates).