Word Meaning

Meaning of original

- Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
- Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
- Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
- Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
- Origin; commencement; source.
- 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.
- An original thinker or writer; an originator.
- A person of marked eccentricity.
- 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.

Crossword clue for original

- Authentic, unedited
- Creative
- First showing
- Fresh
- Fresh and unusual
- Innovative
- Inventive
- Not a pirate in novel
- Novel about Gloria in trouble
- Novel, innovative
- Opening night
- Unique