RUDIMENTARY Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word rudimentary. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word rudimentary. (close relations)

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	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
	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
	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
	initial				verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
	noun • the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) adjective satellite • occurring at the beginning verb • mark with one's initials
	preliminary				adjectiveadj
	noun • a minor match preceding the main event • something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows adjective satellite • denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important
	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
	primitive				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms adjective satellite • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
	simple				adjectiveadj
	adjective • having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved • (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions noun • any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties • a person lacking intelligence or common sense adjective satellite • easy and not involved or complicated • apart from anything else; without additions or modifications • exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity • lacking mental capacity and subtlety • unornamented
	underdeveloped				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply • not yet fully developed
	undeveloped				adjectiveadj
	adjective • not developed, mature, or fully formulated • not developed, improved, exploited or used
	underlying				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • in the nature of something though not readily apparent • located beneath or below • being or involving basic facts or principles
	vestigial				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • not fully developed in mature animals

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