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fundamental

the lowest tone of a harmonic series

being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

Synonyms:

• AF,
• ab ovo,
• abecedarian,
• aboriginal,
• antenatal,
• audio frequency,
• austere,
• autochthonous,
• axiom,
• bare,
• basal,
• base,
• basement,
• basic,
• basilar,
• basis,
• bearing wall,
• bed,
• bedding,
• bedrock,
• beginning,
• bench mark,
• bottom,
• budding,
• cardinal,
• cardinal point,
• center,
• central,
• chaste,
• chief thing,
• climax,
• component,
• constituent,
• constitutional,
• constitutive,
• core,
• cornerstone,
• creative,
• crisis,
• critical,
• critical point,
• crucial,
• crux,
• dominant,
• element,
• elemental,
• elementary,
• elements,
• elixir,
• embryonic,
• essence,
• essential,
• essential matter,
• factor,
• fetal,
• first,
• floor,
• flooring,
• flower,
• focal,
• focus,
• fond,
• footing,
• formative,
• foundation,
• foundational,
• frequency,
• fundament,
• fundamental tone,
• generative,
• genetic,
• germinal,
• gestatory,
• gist,
• grammar,
• gravamen,
• great point,
• ground,
• grounds,
• groundwork,
• gut,
• hardpan,
• harmonic,
• heart,
• high point,
• homely,
• homespun,
• homogeneous,
• hypostasis,
• important,
• important thing,
• in embryo,
• in its infancy,
• in ovo,
• in the bud,
• inaugural,
• inceptive,
• inchoate,
• inchoative,
• incipient,
• incunabular,
• indispensable,
• indivisible,
• infant,
• infantile,
• inherent,
• initial,
• initiative,
• initiatory,
• inner essence,
• intonation,
• intrinsic,
• introductory,
• inventive,
• irreducible,
• issue,
• kernel,
• keystone,
• landmark,
• law,
• life-and-death,
• life-or-death,
• main,
• main point,
• main thing,
• marrow,
• material,
• material point,
• meat,
• mere,
• milestone,
• monolithic,
• monotone,
• monotony,
• nascent,
• natal,
• necessary,
• needful,
• nub,
• nucleus,
• nuts and bolts,
• of a piece,
• of the essence,
• of vital importance,
• organic,
• original,
• overtone,
• paramount,
• part and parcel,
• partial,
• partial tone,
• parturient,
• pavement,
• pitch,
• pith,
• pivot,
• plain,
• postnatal,
• postulate,
• pregnant,
• prenatal,
• primal,
• primary,
• prime,
• primeval,
• primitive,
• primogenial,
• primordial,
• principal,
• principium,
• principle,
• principles,
• pristine,
• procreative,
• protogenic,
• pure,
• pure and simple,
• quid,
• quiddity,
• quintessence,
• quintessential,
• radical,
• real issue,
• requisite,
• riprap,
• rock bottom,
• rudiment,
• rudimental,
• rudimentary,
• rudiments,
• rule,
• salient point,
• sap,
• seat,
• seminal,
• severe,
• sill,
• simon-pure,
• simple,
• sine qua non,
• single,
• solid ground,
• solid rock,
• soul,
• spare,
• spirit,
• stark,
• stereobate,
• stuff,
• stylobate,
• substance,
• substantial,
• substantive,
• substantive point,
• substratum,
• substruction,
• substructure,
• terra firma,
• the bottom line,
• the nitty-gritty,
• the point,
• theorem,
• tone,
• tonelessness,
• turning point,
• unadorned,
• uncluttered,
• underbuilding,
• undercarriage,
• undergirding,
• underlying,
• underpinning,
• understruction,
• understructure,
• undifferenced,
• undifferentiated,
• uniform,
• ur,
• vital