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1. primary
adjective. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.
Synonyms
- essential
- direct
- first
- first-string
- original
- particular
- capital
- special
Antonyms
- inessential
- secondary
- unoriginal
- undock
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Rhymes with Primary
- adversary
- appleberry
- arterberry
- asbury
- atterbury
- auberry
- banbury
- beneficiary
- bicentenary
- blackberry
- blueberry
- brackenbury
- bradberry
- bradbury
- brimberry
- cadbury
- canterbury
- capillary
- carberry
- cardiopulmonary
How do you pronounce primary?
Pronounce primary as ˈpraɪˌmɛri.
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Sentences with primary
1. Adjective
This is the primary cause of odor or smell coming from the mouth even without tongue piercings.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Consider using a living trust as the primary or contingent beneficiary of retirement accounts.
Quotes about primary
1. What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
- John Berger
2. Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3. The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.
- Kenneth Scott Latourette
2. primary
adjective. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] not derived from or reducible to something else; basic.
Antonyms
- expendable
3. primary
adjective. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] most important element.
Synonyms
- important
- main
- of import
- master
- principal
Antonyms
- inessentiality
- noncrucial
- unnecessary
- adjective
4. primary
noun. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen.
Synonyms
- primary election
- direct primary
Antonyms
- indirectness
- unrelated
- collateral
5. primary
noun. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing.
Synonyms
- primary feather
- pinion
- primary quill
- quill feather
- flight feather
Antonyms
- inexact
- relative
- late
- middle
6. primary
adjective. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] of primary importance.
Synonyms
- essential
Antonyms
- extrinsic
- dispensable
7. primary
noun. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it.
Synonyms
- celestial body
Antonyms
- cardinal
- irregular
8. primary
adjective. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] of or being the essential or basic part.
Synonyms
- basic
- elemental
Antonyms
- indirect
- dishonest
- refrain
9. primary
noun. ['ˈpraɪˌmɛri'] coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit.
Synonyms
- primary coil
- primary winding
- coil
Antonyms
- end
- death
- closing
- latter