Synonyms for
primary
First or earliest in a group or series.
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No Synonyms Found for Primary

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All Definitions for Primary

Below are all the dictionary definitions of primary:

1First or earliest in a group or series.
2Main
3Principal
4Chief
5Placed ahead of others.
6Earliest formed
7Fundamental.
8Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree
9Having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
10Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
11Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
12A primary election
13A preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
14The first year of grade school.
15A base or fundamental component
16Something that is irreducible.
17The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
18A primary school.
19Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
20A primary colour.
21The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
22A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
23The primary site of a disease
24The original location or source of the disease.
25A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
26To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
27To take part in a primary election.

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Common synonyms for primary. These words share similar meanings and can often be used interchangeably depending on context.

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About synonyms for primary

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