Basic Synonyms

Brass tacks , bare-bones, adequate, basis, and bedrock are synonyms for basic; secondary and unimportant are antonyms of basic. On this page, you will find 96 another word for basic.

96 Another Word for Basic

1. fundamental

  • Bare-bones
  • Cardinal
  • Central
  • Chief
  • Critical
  • Cut down
  • Elemental
  • Elementary
  • Essential
  • Focal
  • Foundational
  • Fundamental
  • Indispensable
  • Intrinsic
  • Key
  • Necessary
  • Pivotal
  • Primary
  • Principal
  • Quintessential
  • Root
  • Rudimentary
  • Salient
  • Staple
  • Stripped down
  • Underlying
  • Vital
  • Ingrained

2. lowest

  • Adequate
  • Austere
  • Bottom
  • Crude
  • Ground
  • Homely
  • Homespun
  • Limited
  • Lowest
  • Makeshift
  • Meagre
  • Minimal
  • Modest
  • Muted
  • Ordinary
  • Patchy
  • Plain
  • Restrained
  • Rough and ready
  • Rough-hewn
  • Rough
  • Rudimentary
  • Severe
  • Simple
  • Sketchy
  • Sparse
  • Spartan
  • Stark
  • Starting
  • Straightforward
  • Unadorned
  • Undecorated
  • Undermost
  • Unfussy
  • Unornamented
  • Unostentatious
  • Unpretentious
  • Unsophisticated
  • Without commission
  • Without frills
  • Bog-standard

3. fundamentals

  • Basis
  • Bedrock
  • Brass tacks
  • Core
  • Crux
  • Essence
  • Essentials
  • Facts
  • First principles
  • Foundations
  • Fundamentals
  • Groundwork
  • Hard facts
  • Kernel
  • Marrow
  • Meat
  • Nitty-gritty
  • Nub
  • Nuts and bolts
  • Practicalities
  • Preliminaries
  • Principles
  • Realities
  • Rudiments
  • Sine qua non
  • ABC

Basic Sentences

He understands the basic principles well.

This course covers basic concepts thoroughly.

Basic needs must be fulfilled.

They learned basic skills in school.