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Main Entry: original
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: earliest
Synonyms: aboriginal, archetypal, authentic, autochthonous, beginning, early, elementary, embryonic, first, genuine, infant, initial, introductory, opening, pioneer, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, rudimentary, starting, commencing, first-hand, inceptive, prototypal, rudimental, underivative, underived
Antonyms: derivative, latest, newest
Main Entry: original
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: standard, prototype
Synonyms: archetype, coinage, creation, exemplar, forerunner, invention, model, novelty, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, type
Antonyms: creation, derivative, offshoot
Main Entry: original
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fresh, new
Synonyms: creative, fertile, formative, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, inspiring, inventive, novel, productive, quick, ready, resourceful, seminal, sensitive, unconventional, unprecedented, untried, unusual, avant garde, breaking new ground, causal, causative, conceiving, demiurgic, devising, envisioning, generative, innovational, innovatory, originative
Antonyms: borrowed, hackneyed, old, used, worn
Main Entry: original
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is eccentric
Synonyms: anomaly, card*, case*, character, eccentric, nonconformist, oddball, oddity, queer, weirdo*
Main Entry: aboriginal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: belonging to one, existing in a place since prehistory
Synonyms: ancient, earliest, endemic, first, indigenous, native, original, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial
Antonyms: foreign
Main Entry: archetype
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: typical example
Synonyms: form, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, prototype, standard, classic exemplar, perfect specimen, prime example
Antonyms: atypical
Main Entry: authentic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: real, genuine
Synonyms: accurate, actual, authoritative, bona fide, certain, convincing, credible, creditable, dependable, factual, faithful, legitimate, official, original, pure, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, valid, veritable, for real, legit, twenty-four carat
Notes: genuine means not fake or counterfeit - or sincerely felt or expressed, while authentic means conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief and trust
Antonyms: counterfeit, fake, false, falsified, unauthorized, unreal, ungenuine
Main Entry: characteristic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: typical; distinguishing
Synonyms: appropriate, diagnostic, discriminating, distinctive, distinguishing, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique, differentiating, discriminative, emblematic, individualistic, individualizing
Antonyms: abnormal, untypical, uncharacteristic
Main Entry: creative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: artistic, imaginative
Synonyms: clever, cool*, fertile, formative, gifted, hip*, ingenious, innovative, inspired, inventive, original, productive, prolific, stimulating, visionary, way out, demiurgic, deviceful, innovational, innovatory, leading-edge, originative
Antonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, unproductive, uncreative, ungifted, untalented
Main Entry: criterion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: test, gauge for judgment
Synonyms: archetype, basis, benchmark, canon, example, exemplar, fact, foundation, law, measure, model, norm, opinion, original, paradigm, pattern, precedent, principle, proof, prototype, rule, scale, standard, touchstone, yardstick, point of comparison
Antonyms: change, conjecture, fancy, guess, possibility, probability
Main Entry: distinctive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: different, unique
Synonyms: characteristic, cool, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, gnarly*, idiosyncratic, individual, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked, diacritic, far cry, like night and day, poles apart
Antonyms: common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard
Main Entry: eccentric
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is bizarre, unusual
Synonyms: beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, oddball, oddity, original, rare bird*, weirdo, odd person, queer duck, three-dollar bill
Antonyms: normal, standard
Main Entry: elementary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: simple, basic
Synonyms: ABCs, abecedarian, basal, beginning, child's play, clear, duck soup*, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, meat and potatoes*, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo, rudimentary, simplest, simplex, simplified, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying
Antonyms: abstruse, advanced, complex, complicated, compound, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, secondary
Main Entry: example
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: instance, model
Synonyms: archetype, case, case history, case in point, citation, copy, excuse, exemplar, ideal, illustration, lesson, object, original, paradigm, paragon, part, pattern, precedent, prototype, quotation, representation, sample, specimen, standard, stereotype, symbol, exemplification, for instance, kind of thing, sampling
Main Entry: foremost
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: first in rank, order
Synonyms: arch, champion, chief, front, head, heavy, highest, initial, leading, number one, original, paramount, preeminent, premier, primary, prime, principal, supreme, A-1*, A-number-1, at the cutting edge, at the leading edge, headmost, heavy stuff, heavyweight, hot stuff, hotdog, hotshot, inaugural, most important, primo
Antonyms: inferior, last, least, lowest, secondary, unimportant
Main Entry: free spirit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonconformist
Synonyms: Bohemian, beatnik, bohemian, dissenter, eccentric, flower child, gonzo, hippie, maverick, nonconformist, original, radical, New Ager, free thinker
Main Entry: fundamental
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: basic, important
Synonyms: axiomatic, basal, bottom, cardinal, central, constitutional, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, first, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, major, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, requisite, rudimentary, significant, structural, supporting, theoretical, underlying, vital, axiological, bottom-line, constitutive, foundational, grass-roots, meat-and-potatoes, substratal, substrative, sustaining, underived
Antonyms: additional, advanced, auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant
Main Entry: imaginative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: creative, inventive
Synonyms: artistic, avant-garde, clever, dreamy, enterprising, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fertile, high-flown*, ingenious, inspired, offbeat, original, poetic, productive, quixotic, romantic, utopian, visionary, vivid, way out, whimsical, blue-sky, brain wave, breaking ground, fictive, originative, pie-in-the-sky, poetical
Antonyms: dull, unimaginative, uncreative, uninventive, unresourceful
Main Entry: indigenous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: native, inborn
Synonyms: aboriginal, autochthonous, congenital, domestic, endemic, homegrown, inbred, inherent, inherited, innate, natural, original, primitive, chthonic, connate, unacquired
Antonyms: alien, foreign
Main Entry: individual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: distinctive, exclusive
Synonyms: alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary
Antonyms: common, general, ordinary
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