Synonyms: primary, primary election
Definition: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
Similar words: election
Definition: a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
Usage: the results of the election will be announced tonight
Synonyms: primary, primary feather, primary quill
Definition: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
Similar words: quill, quill feather, pinion, flight feather
Definition: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
Synonyms: primary, primary coil, primary winding
Definition: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
Usage: current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
Similar words: coil
Definition: reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
Synonyms: primary
Definition: (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
Similar words: heavenly body, celestial body
Definition: natural objects visible in the sky
Synonyms: primary
Definition: not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
Usage: a primary instinct
Similar words: underived
Definition: not derived; primary or simple
Definition: of primary importance
Synonyms: main, master, chief, primary, principal
Definition: most important element
Usage: the chief aim of living; the main doors were of solid glass; the principal rivers of America; the principal example; policemen were primary targets; the master bedroom; a master switch
Similar words: important, of import
Definition: of great significance or value
Usage: important people; the important questions of the day
Synonyms: primary
Definition: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
Usage: primary goals; a primary effect; primary sources; a primary interest
Similar words: capital
Definition: of primary importance
Usage: our capital concern was to avoid defeat
Similar words: direct
Definition: being an immediate result or consequence
Usage: a direct result of the accident
Similar words: firsthand
Definition: received directly from a source
Usage: firsthand information
Similar words: first-string
Definition: being a regular member of a team
Usage: first-string players
Similar words: original
Definition: (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
Usage: his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources
Similar words: particular, special
Definition: first and most important
Usage: his special interest is music; she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work
Synonyms: elemental, elementary, primary
Definition: of or being the essential or basic part
Usage: an elementary need for love and nurturing
Similar words: basic
Definition: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
Usage: a basic fact; the basic ingredients; basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities