FOUNDATIONAL Synonyms
14 hypernyms for foundational. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for FOUNDATIONAL
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| basic | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • pertaining to or constituting a base or basis noun • (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant • a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use adjective satellite • reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality • serving as a base or starting point • of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base | ||||||
| elementary | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education adjective satellite • easy and not involved or complicated • of or being the essential or basic part | ||||||
| essential | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • basic and fundamental • being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc • defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established noun • anything indispensable adjective satellite • absolutely necessary; vitally necessary • of the greatest importance | ||||||
| fundamental | adjective adj | |||||
noun • any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business • the lowest tone of a harmonic series adjective satellite • serving as an essential component • being or involving basic facts or principles • far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | ||||||
| initial | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
noun • the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) adjective satellite • occurring at the beginning verb • mark with one's initials | ||||||
| introductory | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • serving to open or begin • serving as a base or starting point • serving as an introduction or preface | ||||||
| primary | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
adjective • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary noun • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit adjective satellite • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic • most important element • of or being the essential or basic part | ||||||
| underlying | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • in the nature of something though not readily apparent • located beneath or below • being or involving basic facts or principles | ||||||