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Synonyms for primer

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Book of hours — A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including…

horn book, book of hours, prayer book

3. Fuse

fuse, fusee, fuzee

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.

  2. n. 2

    Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.

  3. n. 3

    A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.

Forms

Plural
primers → primings, undercoats, grounds, fuses…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
primerrising
primingrising
undercoatsteady
fuseefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
fuse1
5 letters
fusee, fuzee
6 letters
ground1
7 letters
priming2
8 letters
alphabet3
9 letters
undercoat3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (priming2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
abécédaire
Italiano
abbecedario
Deutsch
Abc-Buch