| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
Antonyms: |
active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | primitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barbaric, crude |
Synonyms: |
animal, atavistic, austere, barbarian, barbarous, brutish, childlike, fierce, ignorant, naive, natural, nonliterate, preliterate, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, savage, simple, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, underdeveloped, undeveloped, undomesticated, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated, untamed, untaught, untrained, untutored, vestigial, wild |
Antonyms: |
cultured, modern, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | rudimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, fundamental |
Synonyms: |
abecedarian, basal, beginning, early, elemental, elementary, embryonic, immature, initial, introductory, larval, nuts-and-bolts, primary, primitive, simple, simplest, uncompleted, undeveloped, vestigial |
Antonyms: |
additional, advanced, derivative, developed, extra, nonessential |
| Main Entry: | remaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surplus |
Synonyms: |
extra, left, leftover, lingering, outstanding, residual, spare, surviving, unused, vestigial |
| Main Entry: | surviving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuing on |
Synonyms: |
extant, remaining, residual, vestigial |