original
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
Types & categories
- creation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
the original inhabitants of the Americas
Related & opposite
- first similar to
Sense 3 noun
something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
this painting is a copy of the original
Types & categories
- example hypernym
Related & opposite
- original derivation
- archetypal derivation
Sense 4 adjective
(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources
Related & opposite
- primary similar to
Sense 5 adjective
being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
a truly original approach
Related & opposite
- unconventional also see
- creative also see
- first also see
- primary also see
- unoriginal antonym
- originality attribute
- master copy derivation
- originality derivation
- avant-garde similar to
- freehanded similar to
- novel similar to
- germinal similar to
- groundbreaking similar to
- newfangled similar to
- underivative similar to
Sense 6 adjective
not derived or copied or translated from something else
the play is original; not an adaptation
Related & opposite
- master copy derivation
- archetype derivation
- underived similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | original |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | original |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | creation |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | first |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | original |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | archetypal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | example |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | primary |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | unconventional |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | creative |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | first |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | primary |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | unoriginal |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | originality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | master copy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | originality |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | avant-garde |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | freehanded |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | novel |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | germinal |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | groundbreaking |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | newfangled |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | underivative |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | master copy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | archetype |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | underived |