primal

  • (s) serving as an essential component
    • a cardinal rule
    • the central cause of the problem
    • an example that was fundamental to the argument
    • computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
    cardinal, central, fundamental, key,
  • (s) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
    • aboriginal forests
    • primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
    • the forest primeval
    • primordial matter
    • primordial forms of life
    primaeval, primeval, primordial, aboriginal,

Synonyms

cardinal central fundamental key primaeval primeval primordial aboriginal

Words of close approximity

Prima prime primo primp
primed primer primly Primus
primality