Fundamental Synonyms and Antonyms

fŭndə-mĕntl
Providing the foundation
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. basic
  2. elementary
  3. underlying
  4. basal
  5. elemental
  6. primary
  7. radical
  8. essential
  9. substrative
  10. primal
  11. original
  12. primitive
  13. ultimate
  14. first
  15. underived
  16. rudimentary
  17. supporting
  18. axiomatic
  19. key
  20. crucial
  21. vital
  22. major
  23. constitutional
  24. principal
  25. grass-roots
  26. requisite
  27. profound
  28. indispensable
  29. cardinal
  30. organic
  31. inherent
  32. axiological
  33. theoretical
  34. structural
  35. sustaining
  36. central
  37. integral
  38. substratal
  39. substrate
Antonyms:
  1. superficial
  2. incidental
  3. consequent
Constituting or forming part of the essence of something
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. basic
  2. constitutional
  3. constitutive
  4. essential
  5. integral
  6. vital
A fundamental principle or underlying concept
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. base
  2. basis
  3. cornerstone
  4. foundation
  5. fundament
  6. root
  7. rudiment
A broad and basic rule or truth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. axiom
  2. law
  3. principle
  4. theorem
  5. universal

Words Related to Fundamental

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Fundamental Sentence Examples

  • The fundamental substance or stroma is colorless and homogeneous.

  • In the end, our fundamental challenge is to become better individuals, and technology offers little help on that front; it is up to each one of us to solve that for ourselves.

  • The former moves in a world of "values," and judges things as they are related to our "fundamental self-feeling."

  • In correspondence with the fundamental constitution of the zooid, each of the three segments has its own body-cavity separated from the others.

  • The characteristic by which we recognize the fundamental element in a series is its intuitive or self-evident character; it is given by "the evident conception of a healthy and attentive mind so clear and distinct that no doubt is left."

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