'Primal' definitions:
Definition of 'primal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal]
adjective
Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [syn: aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial]
Definition of 'Primal'
From: GCIDE
- Primal \Pri"mal\, a. [LL. primalis, fr. L. primus the first. See Prime, a.] First; primary; original; chief. [1913 Webster]
- It hath the primal eldest curse upon it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The primal duties shine aloft like stars. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'primal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ab ovo,
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- antenatal,
- arch,
- atavistic,
- austere,
- autochthonous,
- banner,
- bare,
- basal,
- basic,
- basilar,
- beginning,
- bodily,
- born,
- budding,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chaste,
- chief,
- coeval,
- congenital,
- connatal,
- connate,
- connatural,
- constituent,
- constitutional,
- constitutive,
- creative,
- crowning,
- crucial,
- dominant,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- essential,
- fetal,
- first,
- focal,
- foremost,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- great,
- gut,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- hereditary,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in ovo,
- in the blood,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incarnate,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- indigenous,
- indivisible,
- infant,
- infantile,
- inherited,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- innate,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- irreducible,
- leading,
- magisterial,
- main,
- master,
- material,
- mere,
- monolithic,
- nascent,
- natal,
- native,
- native to,
- natural,
- natural to,
- of a piece,
- of the essence,
- organic,
- original,
- overruling,
- paramount,
- parturient,
- physical,
- plain,
- postnatal,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- preponderant,
- prevailing,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primordial,
- principal,
- pristine,
- procreative,
- protogenic,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- radical,
- ranking,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- ruling,
- seminal,
- severe,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- single,
- sovereign,
- spare,
- star,
- stark,
- stellar,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- supereminent,
- temperamental,
- topflight,
- unadorned,
- uncluttered,
- underlying,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- uniform,
- ur