Another word for underlying

Arising from or going to the root or source

• radical

  1. Arising from or going to a root or source; basic:
  2. Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme or drastic:
  3. Relating to or advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions:

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  1. Arising from or going to a root or source; basic:
  2. Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme or drastic:
  3. Relating to or advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions:

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• primary

  1. First or highest in rank or importance; principal.
  2. Occurring first in time or sequence; earliest:
  3. Of or relating to primary schools.

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  1. First or highest in rank or importance; principal.
  2. Occurring first in time or sequence; earliest:
  3. Of or relating to primary schools.

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• original

  1. Preceding all others in time; first:
  2. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
  3. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new:

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  1. Preceding all others in time; first:
  2. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
  3. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new:

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• fundamental

  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:

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  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:

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• foundational

  1. of, or relating to a foundation or foundations
  2. fundamental or underlying

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  1. of, or relating to a foundation or foundations
  2. fundamental or underlying

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• basic

  1. Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental:
  2. Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
  3. Of or relating to a base.

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  1. Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental:
  2. Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
  3. Of or relating to a base.

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• basal

  1. Of, relating to, located at, or forming a base.
  2. Located at or near the base of a plant stem, or at the base of any other plant part:
  3. Of primary importance; basic.

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  1. Of, relating to, located at, or forming a base.
  2. Located at or near the base of a plant stem, or at the base of any other plant part:
  3. Of primary importance; basic.

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Of or being an irreducible element

• ultimate

  1. Being last in a series, process, or progression:
  2. Eventual:
  3. Fundamental; elemental:

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  1. Being last in a series, process, or progression:
  2. Eventual:
  3. Fundamental; elemental:

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• primitive

  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:

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  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:

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• fundamental

  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:

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  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:

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• essential

  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:

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  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:

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• elementary

  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:

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  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:

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• elemental

  1. Of, relating to, or being an element.
  2. Fundamental or essential; basic.
  3. Of or relating to fundamentals; elementary.

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  1. Of, relating to, or being an element.
  2. Fundamental or essential; basic.
  3. Of or relating to fundamentals; elementary.

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• basic

  1. Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental:
  2. Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
  3. Of or relating to a base.

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  1. Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental:
  2. Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
  3. Of or relating to a base.

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