PRIMARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
   Synonym(s)
   • primary election (what does primary election mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) primary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • election (what does election mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • direct primary (what does direct primary mean?)
2. Meaning
   • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird’’s wing
   Synonym(s)
   • primary feather (what does primary feather mean?)
   • primary quill (what does primary quill mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) primary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • flight feather (what does flight feather mean?)
   • pinion (what does pinion mean?)
   • quill (what does quill mean?)
   • quill feather (what does quill feather mean?)
3. Meaning
   • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
   Synonym(s)
   • primary coil (what does primary coil mean?)
   • primary winding (what does primary winding mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
   Hypernyms(s) primary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • coil (what does coil mean?)

PRIMARY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not derived from or reducible to something else
   • basic
   Usage Example(s)
   • a primary instinct
   Similar To
   • underived (what does underived mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of primary importance
   Synonym(s)
   • basal (what does basal mean?)
   • basic (what does basic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • basic truths
   Similar To
   • essential (what does essential mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of first rank or importance or value
   • direct and immediate rather than secondhand
   Usage Example(s)
   • primary goals
   • a primary effect
   • primary sources
   • a primary interest
   Antonym(s)
   • secondary (what does secondary mean?)
   Similar To
   • capital (what does capital mean?)
   • direct (what does direct mean?)
   • firsthand (what does firsthand mean?)
   • first-string (what does first-string mean?)
   • original (what does original mean?)
   • particular (what does particular mean?)
   • special (what does special mean?)
   See Also
   • essential (what does essential mean?)
   • first (what does first mean?)
   • original (what does original mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of or being the essential or basic part
   Synonym(s)
   • elementary (what does elementary mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an elementary need for love and nurturing
   Similar To
   • basic (what does basic mean?)