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| 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, underlying, vital, substratal |
| Antonyms: | additional, extra, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | basics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fundamentals |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, brass tacks*, elements, essentials, first steps, foundation, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, principles, rudiments, the three R's |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowest; fundamental |
| Synonyms: | basal, base, basement, basic, ground, last, lowest, primary, radical, underlying, foundational, lowermost, meat-and-potatoes, nethermost, rock-bottom, undermost |
| Antonyms: | highest, top, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | cardinal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, key |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, central, chief, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital, constitutive, greatest, overruling |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant, inessential |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | basic, cardinal, center, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, axial, centric, centroidal, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | component |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constituent |
| Synonyms: | basic, elemental, fundamental, inherent, integral, intrinsic, composing, part and parcel of, part of |
| Main Entry: | doctrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion; principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, credenda, implantation, inculcation, universal law, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | gut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intuitive |
| Synonyms: | basic, deep-seated, emotional, heartfelt, innate, inner, instinctive, interior, internal, intimate, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unthinking, visceral, viscerous |
| Antonyms: | material, physical |
| Main Entry: | inalienable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, inherent |
| Synonyms: | basic, inbred, inviolable, natural, sacrosanct, entailed, nonnegotiable, nontransferable, unassailable, untransferable |
| Antonyms: | acquired, changeable, impermanent, transitory, alienable |
| Main Entry: | incipient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developing |
| Synonyms: | basic, beginning, elementary, embryonic, fundamental, inchoate, initial, initiative, introductory, originating, start, commencing, inceptive, initiatory, nascent |
| Antonyms: | developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | indispensable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, cardinal, crucial, essential, fundamental, imperative, key, needed, prerequisite, primary, required, requisite, vital, necessitous, needful |
| Antonyms: | dispensable, needless, nonessential, redundant, superfluous, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | initial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning, primary |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basic, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, first, foremost, fundamental, inchoate, incipient, infant, initiative, introductory, leading, opening, original, pioneer, virgin, commencing, germinal, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, initiatory, nascent |
| Antonyms: | final, last, closing |
| Main Entry: | introductory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary, first |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, incipient, initial, opening, original, prefatory, preparatory, primary, prior, provisional, rudimentary, starting, inaugural, inductive, initiatory, precursory, prelusive, preparative, proemial |
| Antonyms: | ending, final, last, concluding, finishing |
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | essential, important |
| Synonyms: | basic, chief, crucial, decisive, fundamental, indispensable, leading, main, major, material, pivotal, primary, principal, vital |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, nonessential, unimportant, inessential |
| Main Entry: | minimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | littlest, slightest |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, essential, fundamental, least, lowest, minimum, nominal, token, least possible, smallest |
| Notes: | nominal means insignificantly small; minimal means the least possible or smallest in amount and degree |
| Antonyms: | maximum, most |
| Main Entry: | preliminary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introductory, initial |
| Synonyms: | basic, elemental, elementary, first, fundamental, opening, pilot, preceding, prefatory, preparatory, preparing, primal, primary, prior, test, trial, exploratory, inductive, initiatory, precursory, qualifying, readying |
| Antonyms: | final, closing, concluding |
| Main Entry: | primordial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
| Synonyms: | basic, early, elemental, first, fundamental, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, pristine, radical |
| Antonyms: | last, latest |
| Main Entry: | standard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regular, approved |
| Synonyms: | accepted, authoritative, average, basic, canonical, classic, common, customary, definitive, established, everyday, general, normal, official, orthodox, popular, prevailing, recognized, regulation, run-of-the-mill*, set, staple, stock, typical, usual, vanilla*, boilerplate, garden variety |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, irregular, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn-out, overused |
| Antonyms: | different, original, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unadorned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plain, simple |
| Synonyms: | austere, bare, basic, modest, stark, unembellished, stripped down, undecorated |
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