All first-hand synonyms

adj first-hand

• initial — of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
• authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
• prime — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
• infant — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
• opening — an open or clear space.
• beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
• primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
• pioneer — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
• aboriginal — An Aboriginal is an Australian Aborigine.
• primitive — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
• first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
• archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
• autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
• early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
• genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
• introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
• primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
• primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
• pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
• rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
• inceptive — beginning; initial.
• prototype — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
• rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
• commencing — Begin; start.
• derivative — A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
• underived — not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.