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original
adjective as in earliest
Weak matches
archetypal, autochthonous, commencing, early, elementary, embryonic, first-hand, genuine, inceptive, introductory, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, prototypal, rudimental, rudimentary, underivative, underived
adjective as in fresh, new
Strongest matches
creative, imaginative, innovative, inventive, seminal, unconventional, unusual
Weak matches
avant garde, breaking new ground, causal, causative, conceiving, demiurgic, fertile, generative, ingenious, innovational, innovatory, inspiring, originative, productive, resourceful, unprecedented, untried
noun as in standard, prototype
Example Sentences
"I don't even know where my original neighbours are – some went south, some were killed or injured. There are no neighbours anymore."
Even many of the most prominent leaders of the original conversion therapy movement have come to admit that the whole thing was a pile of bunk.
The original Dangerous Dogs Act "changed my life" as a surgeon, she admitted.
This revision was a response to those who questioned why the original bill language addressed only discrimination against Jews.
They’re delivering ecstatic, enormous reinterpretations that retain the elements of the originals that hooked us all in the first place.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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