primitive person

1. 1.

   a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

   Synonymsprimitive

   Broaderperson

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Questions about primitive person

What does primitive person mean?

primitive person means "a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization".

What is another word for primitive person?

Close synonyms include primitive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is primitive person a common word?

primitive person is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.