Primary and Tributary

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Primary adjective - Of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.

Usage example: primary goals

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Tributary is an antonym for primary.

Nearby Words: prime, prim, primarily, primal

Tributary adjective - (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream.

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Primary is an antonym for tributary in secondary topic.

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Tributary and Primary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/primary/tributary

Primary & Tributary. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/primary/tributary>.

Tributary or Primary. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/primary/tributary.

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