All fundamental synonyms
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F f adj fundamental
- major β Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
- paramount β chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- integral β of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- crucial β If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- indispensable β absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- constitutional β Constitutional means relating to the constitution of a particular country or organization.
- theoretical β given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- underlying β lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
- necessary β being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- vital β of or relating to life: vital processes.
- significant β important; of consequence.
- radical β of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- central β Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- principal β first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- intrinsic β belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
- structural β of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- prime β of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- supporting β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- primitive β being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- organic β noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- bottom β The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- primary β first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- cardinal β A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- key β a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- requisite β required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
- original β belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- first β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- underived β not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.
noun fundamental
- ground rule β Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- axiom β An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
- tenet β any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- stipulation β a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- point of departure β Nautical. the precise location of a vessel, established in order to set a course, especially in beginning a voyage in open water.
- modus operandi β mode of operating or working.
- component β The components of something are the parts that it is made of.
- cornerstone β The cornerstone of something is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.
- element β A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.
- factor β Christmas factor.
- foundation β the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- law β software law
- principle β an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- basis β If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- constituent β A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election.
- guts β the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- heart β Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- nitty-gritty β the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
- rudiment β Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- rule β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- theorem β Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
- brass tacks β basic realities; hard facts (esp in the phrase get down to brass tacks)