Synonyms for original
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Primary — first in a series of copies or versions
primary, first, initial, seminal, prime, primitive, aboriginal, pristine, radical, native, natural, fundamental, autochthonous, primeval, primordial, underived rare
2. Creative
creative, innovative, inventive, imaginative, ingenious, germinal, innovational rare, originative rare
Other
new, authentic, genuine, novel, archetypal, ready salted UK, initiatory, productive, sui generis, unimitative rare, unoverhauled rare
Noun
1. Master copy
Definitions
- adj. 1
First in a series of copies or versions.
This recording is by the original broadway cast.
- adj. 2
Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
the original state of mankind; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process
- n. 1
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
This manuscript is the original.
- n. 2
A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
Related words
- Word family
- originally originalness origin originality originate originative
- Phrases
- original sin original depravity
Forms
- Plural
- originals → masters, archetypes, pilots, prototypes…
Choose the right word
The original is the first specimen, good or bad; the original of a master is superior to all copies.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- initial After several appeals, the initial decision stood.
- pristine Yanni's once pristine residence has become unrecognizable.
- inventive Edison was an inventive genius of the United States.
- authentic This restaurant serves authentic Neapolitan pizza.
By length
- 3 letters
- new1
- 4 letters
- type1
- 5 letters
- first1, model2, prime1, novel2, pilot2, ideal2
- 6 letters
- source1, master2, native2, origin3, oddity3
- 7 letters
- natural3, primary3, initial3, pattern2, genuine3, radical3, seminal3
- 8 letters
- creative3, pristine2, primeval3, germinal
- 9 letters
- authentic3, primitive3, prototype3, autograph3, ingenious3, inventive3, archetype3, underived
- 10 letters
- productive3, innovative4, aboriginal5, primordial4, archetypal3, initiatory
- 11 letters
- fundamental4, imaginative5, originative, unimitative
- 12 letters
- innovational, unoverhauled
- 13 letters
- autochthonous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (model2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- originel