ADJECTIVE | all | primal, cardinal, central, fundamental, key | serving as an essential component |
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all | primal, aboriginal, primeval, primaeval, primordial | having existed from the beginning |
Sounds | pray'mahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Serving as an essential component. | |
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Synonyms | cardinal, central, fundamental, key | |
Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
Spanish | básico, central, elemental, esencial, fundamental, primordial | |
Catalan | bàsic, central, clau, elemental, essencial, fonamental, primordial |
Meaning | Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage / stage / stage or state. | |
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Example | "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth" | |
Synonyms | aboriginal, primeval, primaeval, primordial | |
Broader | early | At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
Spanish | originario, primitivo, primordial | |
Catalan | originari, primitiu |
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