| original | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. master, master copy, original | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made. |
| ~ creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. archetype, original, pilot | something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.; "this painting is a copy of the original" |
| ~ example, model | a representative form or pattern.; "I profited from his example" |
| adj. | 3. 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" |
| ~ first | preceding all others in time or space or degree.; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" |
| adj. | 4. original | (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary.; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources" |
| ~ primary | of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
| adj. | 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" |
| ~ unconventional | not conforming to accepted rules or standards.; "her unconventional dress and hair style" |
| ~ creative, originative | having the ability or power to create.; "a creative imagination" |
| ~ first | preceding all others in time or space or degree.; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" |
| ~ avant-garde, daring | radically new or original.; "an avant-garde theater piece" |
| ~ freehand, freehanded | done by hand without mechanical aids or devices.; "a freehand drawing" |
| ~ novel, new, fresh | original and of a kind not seen before.; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" |
| ~ germinal, originative, seminal | containing seeds of later development.; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" |
| ~ groundbreaking, innovational, innovative | being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original" |
| ~ newfangled, new | (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new.; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them" |
| ~ underivative | not derivative or imitative.; "a natural underivative poet" |
| ~ primary | of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
| adj. | 6. 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" |
| ~ underived | not derived; primary or simple. |
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