primary, adj.
freq. cnt. 31
freq. cnt. 31
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16
primary
sample sentences
"primary goals""a primary effect"
"primary sources"
"a primary interest"
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
also see
similar to
not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8
primary
most important element
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 75 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 7
chief main master primary principal
sample sentences
"the chief aim of living""the main doors were of solid glass"
"the principal rivers of America"
"the principal example"
"policemen were primary targets"
"the master bedroom"
"a master switch"
semantic pointers
similar to
of or being the essential or basic part
<adj.all>
basal elemental elementary primary