original
Meaning
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- Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
- First in a series of copies or versions.
- Newly created.
- Fresh, different.
- Pioneering.
- Having a specified place or time as its origin.
- Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted
Concepts
original
primary
first
initial
genuine
peculiar
new
novel
primitive
creative
authentic
prototype
native
real
archetype
primordial
distinctive
aboriginal
true
eccentric
master
natural
inventive
originative
fresh
source
innovative
fundamental
text
original copy
script
real thing
model
beginning
traditional
indigenous
radical
master copy
origin
primal
pristine
principal
unique
starting
pure
unconventional
striking
originally
paradigm
pattern
standard
incipient
former
causal
copy
pilot
born
natural-born
prime
actual
chief
close
near
ultimate
archetypal
inherent
ancient
for the first time
queer
fantastic
strange
raw
newness
facsimile
characteristic
proprietary
different
extraordinary
witty
prototypical
customary
genuine thing
domestic
manuscript
file
essential
intrinsic
unaltered
unmodified
origination
derivation
descent
extraction
parentage
cause
oddity
settler
innate
earliest
first-hand
funny
protoplastic
seminal
unhackneyed
normal
ordinary
same
usual
inceptive
initiatory
top copy
film
film negative
negative
negative film
negative picture
photographic negative
principal edition
progenitor
reserved copy
main
initially
way-out
caller
crisp
fast-breaking
good
hot
recent
strong
sweet
unsoured
up-to-date
warm
inborn
instinctive
nonimitative
productive
time
sincere
character
curiosity
freak
oddball
singular
specific
everlasting
permanent
blueprint
backward
copied
epitome
patterned
sample copy
exactly
proper
right side
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ori‧gi‧nal
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪnəl/
Etymology
From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”); see origin.
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