original
original is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
- 2.Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
- 3.Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.
- 4.Origin; commencement; source. It hath it original from much grief. Shak. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Addison.
- 5.That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc. The Scriptures may be now read in their own original. Milton.
- 6.An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.] Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. C. G. Leland.
- 7.A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]
- 8.(Zoöl. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- analogy
- and
- another
- approximation
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- autocratic
- bare
- bear
- belief
- bid
- blue
- cast
- casual
- chalk
- cheese
- choice
- class
- conceit
- condition
- conjecture
- creativeness
- daisy
- dark
- data
- deliberately
- differ
- difference
- different
- discretion
- discretional
- discretionary
- disparate
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- divergence
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is original.
- What is not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture called?
- What is having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius called?
- What is origin; commencement; source. It hath it original from much grief. Shak. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Addison called?
- What is an original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.] Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. C. G. Leland called?
- What is a person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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