General and Primary

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

Primary and general are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Primary" instead an adjective "General".

Primary

Primary adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

General and primary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "Primary".

Nearby Words: prime, prim, primarily, primal

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • The Generic Guy Mitt Romney's entire campaign strategy in the 2012 election cycle (both primary and general) was to present himself as the Generic Guy and try as much as possible to keep the focus on his opponent.
  • Useful Notes / American Political System As a general rule, winning a primary requires Pandering to the Base, while winning a general election requires appealing to centrist "swing voters".
  • This can be partially attributed to Dale, a massive Conspiracy Theorist and general nutbar, being his primary parent.
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