FUNDAMENTAL Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word fundamental. (close relations)
Definition of FUNDAMENTAL
Best Alternative Words for FUNDAMENTAL
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| key | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated • United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) • something crucial for explaining • pitch of the voice • any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music • a kilogram of a narcotic drug • a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple • a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida • (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court • a list of answers to a test • a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations • a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access • mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) • the central building block at the top of an arch or vault • a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed adjective satellite • serving as an essential component verb • identify as in botany or biology, for example • provide with a key • vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key • regulate the musical pitch of • harmonize with or adjust to | ||||||||
| rudimentary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • being or involving basic facts or principles • being in the earliest stages of development • not fully developed in mature animals | ||||||||
| underlying | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • in the nature of something though not readily apparent • located beneath or below • being or involving basic facts or principles | ||||||||
| basic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • pertaining to or constituting a base or basis noun • (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant • a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use adjective satellite • reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality • serving as a base or starting point • of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base | ||||||||
| core | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a small group of indispensable persons or things • an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality • the center of an object • the central part of the Earth • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience • a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill • the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work • (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories • the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place • a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil verb • remove the core or center from | ||||||||
| crucial | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis adjective satellite • having crucial relevance • of the greatest importance | ||||||||
| elementary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education adjective satellite • easy and not involved or complicated • of or being the essential or basic part | ||||||||
| essential | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • basic and fundamental • being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc • defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established noun • anything indispensable adjective satellite • absolutely necessary; vitally necessary • of the greatest importance | ||||||||
| important | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of great significance or value • important in effect or meaning • of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis adjective satellite • having authority or ascendancy or influence • having or suggesting a consciousness of high position | ||||||||
| indispensable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not to be dispensed with; essential adjective satellite • absolutely necessary; vitally necessary • unavoidable | ||||||||
| intrinsic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • belonging to a thing by its very nature adjective satellite • situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts | ||||||||
| necessary | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • absolutely essential noun • anything indispensable adjective satellite • unavoidably determined by prior circumstances | ||||||||
| primary | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary noun • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit adjective satellite • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic • most important element • of or being the essential or basic part | ||||||||
| principal | nounn | |||||||
noun • the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated • the educator who has executive authority for a school • an actor who plays a principal role • capital as contrasted with the income derived from it • (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement • the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account adjective satellite • most important element | ||||||||
| vital | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • urgently needed; absolutely necessary • performing an essential function in the living body • full of spirit; full of life • manifesting or characteristic of life | ||||||||
| foundational | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • Of, or relating to a foundation or foundations • Fundamental or underlying | ||||||||
| cardinal | nounn | |||||||
adjective • being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order noun • (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes • the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order • a variable color averaging a vivid red • crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male adjective satellite • serving as an essential component | ||||||||
| central | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area noun • a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication adjective satellite • serving as an essential component | ||||||||
| primal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • serving as an essential component • having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | ||||||||
| profound | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth adjective satellite • of the greatest intensity; complete • far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something • coming from deep within one • (of sleep) deep and complete • situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | ||||||||
