| Main Entry: | rudimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elementary |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, abecedarian, basal, basic, 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 |
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
Synonyms: |
aboriginal, archetypal, authentic, autochthonous, beginning, commencing, early, elementary, embryonic, first, first-hand, genuine, inceptive, infant, initial, introductory, opening, pioneer, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, prototypal, rudimental, rudimentary, starting, underivative, underived |
Antonyms: |
derivative, latest, newest |
| Main Entry: | rude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, primitive |
Synonyms: |
angular, artless, barbarous, callow, coarse, formless, fresh, green, ignorant, inartistic, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, makeshift, primal, raw, rough, roughhewn, roughly made, rudimental, rudimentary, shapeless, simple, uncivilized, unconversant, uncultivated, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, wild |
Antonyms: |
polished, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | elemental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic |
Synonyms: |
constituent, elementary, primitive, primordial, rudimental |