Word Meanings - PRISTINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PRISTINE)
- Aboriginal
- Primordial
- primeval
- pristine
- autochthonic
- immemorial
- indigenous
- native
- original
- First
- Leading
- primary
- foremost
- primitive
- principal
- highest
- chief
- earliest
- Old
- Aged
- long-standing
- ancient
- preceding
- antiquated
- obsolete
- senile antique
- Original
- Primary
- initiatory
- primordial
- peculiar
- former
- first
- Primeval
- Archaic
- aboriginal
Related words: (words related to PRISTINE)
- PRINCIPALNESS
The quality of being principal. - PECULIARIZE
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith. - CHIEFLESS
Without a chief or leader. - FOREMOST
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak. (more info) superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, - PRIMORDIALLY
At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally. - PRINCIPALITY
preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité, principauté. See 1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney. Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - LEADING EDGE
same as Advancing edge, above. - FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - ANTIQUATION
The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont. - PRIMITIVENESS
The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice. - PRIMEVALLY
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - PRECEDENTLY
Beforehand; antecedently. - OBSOLETENESS
Indistinctness; want of development. (more info) 1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude. - ANTIQUATED
Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See - CHIEFEST
First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10. - PECULIARNESS
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede. - OBSOLETE
Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient. (more info) 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; - ANTIQUENESS
The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - ELIMINATIVE
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. - NOMINATIVELY
In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. - EMANATIVE
Issuing forth; effluent. - DOMINATIVE
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys. - STERNFOREMOST
With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner. A fatal genius for going sternforemost. Lowell. - REGNATIVE
Ruling; governing. - POT LEAD
Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction. - COORDINATIVE
Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.