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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: fundamental
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: basic, essential part

Synonyms:

ABCs, axiom, basis, bottom line, brass tacks, coal and ice, component, constituent, cornerstone, element, factor, foundation, guts*, heart, law, nitty-gritty, principium, principle, rock bottom, rudiment, rule, sine qua non, theorem

Antonyms:

addition, auxiliary, extra, subordinate, trivia
Main Entry: axiom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: principle

Synonyms:

adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth

Antonyms:

absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox
Main Entry: axiomatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: understood; aphoristic

Synonyms:

absolute, accepted, aphoristic, apothegmatic, assumed, certain, fundamental, given, indubitable, manifest, obvious, presupposed, proverbial, self-evident, unquestioned

Antonyms:

misunderstood, questionable, uncertain
Main Entry: base
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fundamental part

Synonyms:

authority, backbone, basis, chief constituent, core, essence, essential, evidence, foundation, fundamental, groundwork, heart, important part, infrastructure, key, origin, primary element, principal, principle, root, source, underpinning
Main Entry: basis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: foundation for belief, action

Synonyms:

antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant
Main Entry: belief
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something regarded as true

Synonyms:

assumption, concept, credence, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, fundamental, gospel, gospel truth, hypothesis, idea, ideology, law, opinion, postulate, precept, principle, say-so, tenet, theorem, theory

Antonyms:

disbelief, nonbelief
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: cardinal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important, key

Synonyms:

basal, basic, central, chief, constitutive, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, greatest, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, overruling, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital

Antonyms:

inessential, insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant
Main Entry: central
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: main, principal; in the middle

Synonyms:

axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical

Antonyms:

exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary
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