Exact Match:
- basal
- of primary importance
- serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
Synonyms:
- ab ovo,
- aboriginal,
- basic,
- basilar,
- beginning,
- bottom,
- bottommost,
- central,
- constituent,
- constitutive,
- crucial,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- essential,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gut,
- in embryo,
- in ovo,
- lowermost,
- lowest,
- material,
- nethermost,
- of the essence,
- original,
- pregnant,
- primal,
- primary,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- protogenic,
- radical,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- seminal,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- underlying,
- undermost