original
Definitions
Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest.
Created directly by a person or artist; not a copy or imitation.
New, fresh, or inventive; not derived from something else.
Examples
The artist decided to sell the original painting rather than a print.
Her idea for the project was completely original and unlike anything we had seen before.
We visited the museum to see the original manuscript written by the author.
Synonyms
Antonyms
derivative unoriginal copied trite banal hackneyed imitative