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original
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of ORIGINAL
1
coming before all others in time or order <the original plan had to be discarded when the situation changed drastically>
Synonyms earliest, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, original, pioneer, premier, virgin
2
having the skill and imagination to create new things <an original artist who wanted his paintings to convey his emotional responses to the people, objects, and landscapes he painted>
Synonyms clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inventive, original, originative, Promethean
Related Words gifted, inspired, talented; resourceful; fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, germinal, productive, prolific
3
not known or experienced before <separate categories for original and adapted screenplays>
Synonyms fresh, novel, original, strange, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unknown, unprecedented
Related Words innovative, unique; nontraditional, unconventional, untried, unused, unworn; pathbreaking, pioneering, trailblazing
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