Definition of primes

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• primes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• primes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• primes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of primes

• being at the best stage of development (adjective)

  Examples

  1. our manhood's prime vigor

  Synonyms

  1. meridian
• the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. prime of life
• cover with a primer; apply a primer to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. ground
  2. undercoat
• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. bloom
  2. blossom
  3. efflorescence
  4. flower
  5. flush
  6. heyday
  7. peak
• a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. prime quantity
• first in rank or degree (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the prime minister

  Synonyms

  1. premier
• of superior grade (adjective)

  Examples

  1. prime beef

  Synonyms

  1. choice
  2. prize
  3. quality
  4. select
• fill with priming liquid (verb)

  Examples

  1. prime a car engine
• insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing (verb)

  Examples

  1. prime a cannon
  2. prime a mine
• of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers (adjective)

  Examples

  1. prime number
• the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m. (noun)
• used of the first or originating agent (adjective)

  Examples

  1. prime mover

See definition of primes in Merriam Webster