Synonyms for primary

Other words for “primary”, grouped by meaning.

We found 21 synonyms for “primary”. The most common are primary election, primary feather, primary quill, primary coil, primary winding.

noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

Synonymsprimary election

noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

Synonymsprimary feather primary quill

noun coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

Synonymsprimary coil primary winding

adjective of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

Oppositessecondary

adjective not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

Similarunderived

adjective most important element

Synonymschief main principal master

Similarimportant

adjective of or being the essential or basic part

Synonymselementary elemental basal

Similarbasic

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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