Grep of noun original
aboriginal
original
original sin
originalism
originality
Overview of noun original
The noun original has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
2. (2) original, archetype, pilot -- (an original model on which something is patterned)
Overview of adj original
The adj original has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (22) original -- (preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement")
2. (8) original -- ((of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources")
3. (5) original -- (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind")
4. original -- (not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French")
Antonyms of adj original
4 senses of original
Sense 1
original
INDIRECT (VIA intermediate, first) -> last
INDIRECT (VIA first last) -> intermediate
Sense 2
original
INDIRECT (VIA primary) -> secondary
Sense 3
original (vs. unoriginal)
unoriginal (vs. original)
=> banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(postnominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
=> bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous
=> cliched, ready-made
=> old stale, moth-eaten
=> slavish
Sense 4
original
INDIRECT (VIA underived) -> derived
Similarity of adj original
4 senses of original
Sense 1
original
=> first (vs. last) (vs. intermediate)
Sense 2
original
=> primary (vs. secondary)
Sense 3
original (vs. unoriginal)
=> avant-garde, daring
=> freehand, freehanded
=> fresh, new novel
=> germinal, originative, seminal
=> innovative, innovational
=> newfangled, new
=> underivative
Also See-> creative#1, originative#1; first#1; primary#1; unconventional#1
Sense 4
original
=> underived (vs. derived)
Attributes of adj original
1 of 4 senses of original
Sense 3
original (vs. unoriginal)
=> originality
Familiarity of adj original
original used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4)
Grep of adj original
aboriginal
original
unoriginal
Overview of noun original
The noun original has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
2. (2) original, archetype, pilot -- (an original model on which something is patterned)
Overview of adj original
The adj original has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (22) original -- (preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement")
2. (8) original -- ((of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources")
3. (5) original -- (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind")
4. original -- (not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French")
original definition
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