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PRINCIPIAL Synonyms

There are 5 synonyms of the word principial. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word principial. (close relations)
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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

elemental
adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or being an element

• relating to severe atmospheric conditions

adjective satellite

• of or being the essential or basic part

fundamental
adjectiveadj
noun

• any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

• the lowest tone of a harmonic series

adjective satellite

• serving as an essential component

• being or involving basic facts or principles

• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

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

foundational
adjectiveadj
adjective

• Of, or relating to a foundation or foundations

• Fundamental or underlying

Alternatives for BASIC

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