[
  {
    "word": "primitive",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u0279\u026am\u026at\u026av/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0279\u026am\u026at\u026av/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/primitive-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100830",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A member of a primitive society.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A simple-minded person.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "radical"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "primitive innocence; \u00a0 the primitive church"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.",
            "synonyms": [
              "backwards"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a primitive style of dress"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Crude, obsolete.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "primitive ideas"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.",
            "synonyms": [
              "radical"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "derivative",
              "derived"
            ],
            "example": "a primitive verb"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not derived from another of the same type",
            "synonyms": [
              "imprimitive"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of",
            "synonyms": [
              "proto-"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "backwards",
          "imprimitive",
          "proto-",
          "radical"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "derivative",
          "derived"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primitive"
    ]
  }
]