Primitive
Primitive adjective - Belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development.
Very old and primitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very old" instead an adjective "Primitive".
Nearby Word: primitively
Very old
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- old and primitive
- old and very old
- antique and primitive
- antique and very old
- old-fashioned and primitive
- old-fashioned and very old
- antiquated and primitive
- antiquated and very old
- ancient and primitive
- ancient and very old
- archaic and primitive
- archaic and very old
- early and primitive
- early and very old
Both terms in one sentence
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The other species think they're scary, primitive, carnivorous savages, but they're just following very old traditions.
Source: Savage Wolves -
Present in varying degrees between the witches and warlocks of Tweeny Witches: the female witches tend to a more primitive steampunk-style of magitech while the technologically advanced male "warlocks" now use very little magic at all (there's only one "real" warlock left, and he's very old).
Source: Magitek
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