| Main Entry: | underlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fundamental, latent |
Synonyms: |
basal, basic, bottom, bottom-line, cardinal, concealed, critical, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, hidden, indispensable, intrinsic, lurking, necessary, needful, nitty-gritty, nub, primary, prime, primitive, radical, root, substratal, veiled, vital |
Antonyms: |
secondary |
| Main Entry: | basic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elementary, fundamental |
Synonyms: |
basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, substratal, underlying, vital |
Antonyms: |
additional, extra, inessential, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowest; fundamental |
Synonyms: |
basal, base, basement, basic, foundational, ground, last, lowermost, lowest, meat-and-potatoes, nethermost, primary, radical, rock-bottom, underlying, undermost |
Antonyms: |
highest, top, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, essential |
Synonyms: |
basic, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, dominant, first, foremost, fundamental, important, leading, major, number one, outstanding, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, underlying, vital |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
Antonyms: |
extra, minor, nonessential, secondary, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | elementary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, basic |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, abecedarian, basal, beginning, child's play, clear, duck soup, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, meat and potatoes, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo, rudimentary, simplest, simplex, simplified, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying |
Antonyms: |
abstruse, advanced, complex, complicated, compound, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, secondary |
| Main Entry: | essential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, fundamental |
Synonyms: |
absolute, basal, cardinal, cold, complete, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, elementary, ideal, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsic, key, main, material, meat and potatoes, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, perfect, primary, prime, primitive, principal, quintessential, substratal, underlying |
Antonyms: |
atypical, minor, secondary |
| Main Entry: | fundamental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, important |
Synonyms: |
axiological, axiomatic, basal, bottom, bottom-line, cardinal, central, constitutional, constitutive, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, first, foundational, grass-roots, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, major, meat-and-potatoes, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, requisite, rudimentary, significant, structural, substratal, substrative, supporting, sustaining, theoretical, underived, underlying, vital |
Antonyms: |
additional, advanced, auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | govern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence; hold in check |
Synonyms: |
boss, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, decide, determine, direct, directionalize, discipline, dispose, dominate, get the better of, guide, handle, incline, inhibit, manage, predispose, regulate, restrain, rule, shepherd, steer, subdue, sway, tame, underlie |
Antonyms: |
acquiesce, allow, consent, give way, permit |
| Main Entry: | intrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, inborn |
Synonyms: |
built-in, central, congenital, connate, constitutional, constitutive, deep-seated, elemental, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inbred, indwelling, inherent, inmost, innate, intimate, material, native, natural, particular, peculiar, real, true, underlying |
Antonyms: |
accidental, acquired, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
Antonyms: |
active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |