Original
[n] an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
[n] an original model on which something is patterned
[adj] not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"
[adj] preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement"
[adj] being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"
[adj] (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
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Synonyms
archetype, avant-garde, daring, first, freehand, freehanded, fresh, germinal, innovational, innovative, master, master copy, new, newfangled, novel, pilot, seminal, underivative, underived
Related Terms
ab ovo, abecedarian, aboriginal, actual, advanced, alien, antenatal, antetype, antitype, archetypal, archetype, article, authentic, autochthonous, autograph, avant-garde, basal, basic, basilar, beat, beatnik, beginning, biotype, Bohemian, bona fide, brain