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most original

ADJECTIVE

earliest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authentic initial

STRONG

aboriginal beginning first infant opening pioneer primary prime primitive starting

WEAK

archetypal autochthonous commencing early elementary embryonic first-hand genuine inceptive introductory primeval primordial pristine prototypal rudimental rudimentary underivative underived

Antonyms

STRONG

last

WEAK

borrowed derivative hackneyed latest newest old used worn

ADJECTIVE

fresh, new

Synonyms

STRONGEST

creative imaginative innovative inventive seminal unconventional unusual

STRONG

devising envisioning formative novel quick ready sensitive

WEAK

avant garde breaking new ground causal causative conceiving demiurgic fertile generative ingenious innovational innovatory inspiring originative productive resourceful unprecedented untried

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normal standard uncreative unimaginative uninventive usual

STRONG

slow uneducated

WEAK

borrowed derivative hackneyed latest newest old used worn

Example Sentences

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The former Monty Python star described Crook as a "marvellous writer, one of the most original".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

When it came out in 1984, Roger Ebert called it “one of the funniest, most intelligent, most original films of the year.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

These intense processes destroyed most original biosignatures that could have provided insight into life's earliest stages.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

I suggest we split the difference and call it the year’s most original adapted screenplay.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Scorned when it was first erected in the late 1950s, it is a brilliant, if idiosyncratic, creation by one of the most original architectural minds of the century.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson