What is another word for primeval?

Pronunciation: [pɹa͡ɪmˈiːvə͡l] (IPA)

Primeval refers to something that is ancient, primitive or existing since the beginning of time. Some synonyms for primeval include primal, prehistoric, antiquated, primordial, archaic, and ancient. These words usually describe things that are old and from a very distant past. They are often associated with historical or pre-historic artifacts, such as fossils, bones or ancient relics. The word primitive is often used to describe people or their way of life, while archaic is usually used to describe language or writing systems. Primordial, on the other hand, is used to describe something that is very basic or fundamental, and has been present since the very beginning.

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What are the opposite words for primeval?

Primeval is an adjective that describes something that is ancient, prehistoric or primitive in nature. The antonyms for primeval are modern, contemporary, advanced, and sophisticated. Modern simply represents the current era, while contemporary is associated with present-day thinking. Advanced refers to something that is ahead of its time and is also very complex. Sophisticated, on the other hand, means well-developed or refined. The antonyms of primeval highlight the evolution of technology and human thinking, driven by the progression of time, that has led to the development of refined, advanced, and sophisticated systems, culture, and technology.

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Usage examples for Primeval

primeval, their life-blood is mine.
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Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
Anyway, they've stood up to man's primeval task.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
The primeval stillness didn't agree with him.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Primeval

  • The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
    Henry Beston
  • I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.
    Dylan Moran
  • The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
    Barbara Tuchman
  • As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors, neither of an inquiry about ourselves and the world, nor of an accumulating body of information, but of a conversation, begun in the primeval forests and extended and made more articulate in the course of centuries. It is a conversation which goes on both in public and within each of ourselves.
    Michael Oakeshott
  • Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I shall endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
    Dante Alighieri

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