PRIMEVAL Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

primeval

adjective

prī-ˈmē-vəl

as in ancient

relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period primeval forests slowly disappearing as the climate changed

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Recent Examples of primeval There was another side to connect with, a rough, primeval, earthly energy. —

Literary Hub, 3 Dec. 2025 The primeval lizards also harbor over 50 strains of bacteria in their mouths and their venomous saliva contains an anticoagulant and toxins that induce blood loss, shock, and paralysis in its victim. —

Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2025 Sez Me … Since the first football player — all hairy and slumped over and naked — climbed out of the primeval swamp and tried to block an animal that hasn’t been seen since that giant asteroid smashed into Earth, it‘s been obvious. —

Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025 Filled with unearthly landscapes, primeval forests, and twilight beaches, Anemone’s ornate visual design seems to underscore its characters’ emotional suffocation. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for primeval

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Its sheer red sandstone cliffs, carved over millions of years, cradle ancient cliff dwellings and rock art that tell stories of the ancestral Puebloans.

— Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
In his younger years, Jacobs would have hunted in ancient forests, now known only to our imaginations—old-growth stands of hemlock, pine, oak, and chestnut, with trees standing more than a hundred feet tall and nearly four hundred years old.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026