original

Meanings

Noun

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
  • "this painting is a copy of the original"

Adjective Satellite

• 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"
• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
  • "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
• 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"

Adjective

• 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"

Synonyms

archetype, master, master copy, pilot

Antonyms

unoriginal