FUNDAMENTAL


Meaning of FUNDAMENTAL in English

n. Function: adjective

1 forming or affecting the groundwork, roots, or lowest part of something FF1C; the fundamental rules of poetry FF1E;

Synonyms: basal, basic, bottom, foundational, meat-and-potatoes, primary, radical, underlying

Related Words: primal, prime, primordial; elemental, elementary

Contrasted Words: incidental

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Synonyms: ELEMENTAL 1, basic, elementary, essential, primitive, substratal, underlying

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Synonyms: ESSENTIAL 2, cardinal, constitutive, vital

Related Words: indispensable, necessary, needful, requisite; dominant, paramount

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