PRIME Synonyms

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• produce or yield flowers

• develop or come to a promising stage

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the act of choosing or selecting

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• of superior grade

• appealing to refined taste

• with the least delay

• (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• any red eruption of the skin

• the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

• a powdery deposit on a surface

• very good; of the highest quality

• preceding all others in time or space or degree

• highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

• the first or highest in an ordering or series

• the first element in a countable series

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

• an honours degree of the highest class

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• before anything else

• the initial time

• before another in time, space, or importance

• prominently forward

• serving to begin

• ranking above all others

• serving to set in motion

• a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• produce or yield flowers

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

• sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

• a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

• sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

• squarely or solidly

• in the same plane

• of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane

• having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• cause to flow through something

• glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

• make level or straight

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

• irrigate with water from a sluice

• cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

• highest in quality

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• any very large body of (salt) water

• a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

• most important element

• of force; of the greatest possible intensity

• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

• not derived or copied or translated from something else

• the most extreme possible amount or value

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a V shape

• the highest point (of something)

• a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

• the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an actor who plays a principal role

• capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

• (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

• most important element

• something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

• goods or money obtained illegally

• something given as a token of victory

• of superior grade

• hold dear

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• regard highly; think much of

• an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

• a degree or grade of excellence or worth

• a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

• high social status

• of superior grade

• of high social status

• of superior grade

• selected or chosen for special qualifications

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives