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Another word for basic

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Adjective

  1. Of or being an irreducible element

      1. Lying under or beneath something:
      2. Basic; fundamental:
      3. Present but not readily noticeable:
      1. Being last in a series, process, or progression:
      2. Eventual:
      3. Fundamental; elemental:
      1. Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval:
      2. Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution:
      3. Having developed early in the evolutionary history of a group:
      1. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
      2. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
      3. Of great significance or entailing major change:
      1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
      2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
      3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
      1. Of, relating to, or constituting the basic, essential, or fundamental part:
      2. Of, relating to, or involving the fundamental or simplest aspects of a subject:
      3. Of or relating to an elementary school or elementary education:
      1. Of, relating to, or being an element.
      2. Fundamental or essential; basic.
      3. Of or relating to fundamentals; elementary.
    See also:

    surface

  2. Constituting or forming part of the essence of something

      1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of life:
      2. Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining:
      3. Used or done on a living cell or tissue:
      1. Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent:
      2. Possessing everything essential; entire.
      3. Expressed or expressible as or in terms of integers.
      1. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
      2. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
      3. Of great significance or entailing major change:
      1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
      2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
      3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
      1. Making a thing what it is; essential.
      2. Having power to institute, establish, or enact.
      3. Of or relating to the synthesis of a protein or an enzyme at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand or the concentration of a substrate.
      1. Of or relating to a constitution:
      2. Consistent with, sanctioned by, or permissible according to a constitution:
      3. Established by or operating under a constitution:
    See also:

    surface

    be

  3. Of or treating the most basic aspects

    See also:

    start

    simple

  4. Arising from or going to the root or source

    See also:

    surface

Noun

  1. A fundamental irreducible constituent of a whole

      1. A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as of a field of learning:
      2. Something in an incipient or undeveloped form:
      3. An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.
      1. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
      2. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
      3. Of great significance or entailing major change:
      1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
      2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
      3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
      1. A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.
      2. The basic assumptions or principles of a subject.
      3. A member of a set.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    part

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Another word for basic

Modifier
      1. Of, relating to, or constituting the basic, essential, or fundamental part:
      2. Of, relating to, or involving the fundamental or simplest aspects of a subject:
      3. Of or relating to an elementary school or elementary education:
      1. First or highest in rank or importance; principal.
      2. Occurring first in time or sequence; earliest:
      3. Of or relating to primary schools.
      1. Situated at, in, or near the center:
      2. Forming the center.
      3. Having dominant or controlling power or influence:
      1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
      2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
      3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
    See also:

    necessary

    fundamental

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  • I don't want to deny you such a basic need.

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  • Alex and Jonathan wanted to help decorate, but there were some basic things that could be done.

  • Wouldn't you want at least basic details?

  • It was his view that "the attainment of human rights in the fullest sense cannot be achieved so long as hundreds of millions of poverty-stricken people lack the basic necessities for life."

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