Antonyms for fundamental
ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tlfun·da·men·tal

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1. fundamental

   The widely divergent senses in which the word radical is used, by which it can be at some time interchanged with any word in the above list, are all formed upon the one primary sense of having to do with or proceeding from the root (Latin radix); a radical difference is one that springs from the root, and is thus constitutional, essential, fundamental, organic, original; a radical change is one that does not stop at the surface, but reaches down to the very root, and is entire, thorough, total; since the majority find superficial treatment of any matter the easiest and most comfortable, radical measures, which strike at the root of evil or need, are apt to be looked upon as extreme.

   Antonyms:
   conservative, inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trial

   Synonyms:
   complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total

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1. fundamental

   Antonyms:
   secondary, unimportant, adventitious, ascititious, nonessential

   Synonyms:
   primary, important, indispensable, essential

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1. fundamentalnoun

   any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

   "fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, insignificant, incident, incidental

   Synonyms:
   fundamental frequency, first harmonic

2. fundamental, fundamental frequency, first harmonicadjective

   the lowest tone of a harmonic series

   Antonyms:
   incident, incidental, unimportant, insignificant

   Synonyms:
   fundamental frequency, first harmonic

3. cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primaladjective

   serving as an essential component

   "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

   Antonyms:
   incident, unimportant, incidental, insignificant

   Synonyms:
   primeval, primordial, key, profound, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, aboriginal, primaeval, primal

4. fundamental, rudimentary, underlyingadjective

   being or involving basic facts or principles

   "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, incident, insignificant, incidental

   Synonyms:
   key, vestigial, profound, inherent, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, implicit in(p), primal

5. fundamental, profoundadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, insignificant, incidental, incident

   Synonyms:
   heavy, unfathomed, key, wakeless, profound, cardinal, unplumbed, underlying, central, rudimentary, sound, unsounded, primal

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1. fundamentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   basal, elementary, original, essential, radical

How to use fundamental in a sentence?

1. Betty Naomi Friedan:

   American housewives have not had their brains shot away, nor are they schizophrenic in the clinical sense. But if ... the fundamental human drive is not the urge for pleasure or the satisfaction of biological needs, but the need to grow and to realize one's full potential, their comfortable, empty, purposeless days are indeed cause for a nameless terror.

2. Jennifer Dorian:

   Robert's contributions were fundamental in shaping TCM into what it is today and we owe him a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.

3. Sergio Mattarella:

   Membership of the euro is a fundamental choice, if we want to discuss it, then we should do so in a serious fashion.

4. Kim Jong:

   Our foreign political activities should be focused and redirected on subduing the U.S., our biggest enemy and main obstacle to our innovated development, no matter who is in power in the U.S., the true nature of the U.S. and its fundamental policies towards North Korea never change.

5. Brigitte Posch:

   Oil and gas is one of the sectors facing pressure on a fundamental basis.

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