1. (noun) BASIC
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
Synonyms: staple
Antonyms: incidental, amphoteric, omissible, parenthetical, last, secondary, parenthetic, peripheral, nonstandard, acidic, amphiprotic, incident
2. (adj) basic, staple
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Synonyms: staple fibre, staple, basic, raw material, staple fiber
Antonyms: incidental, nonstandard, secondary, last, omissible, parenthetical, incident, parenthetic, amphiprotic, amphoteric, peripheral, acidic
3. (adj) basic
pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
Synonyms: introductory, canonic, canonical
Antonyms: omissible, peripheral, amphoteric, nonstandard, parenthetic, incident, parenthetical, secondary, amphiprotic, incidental, acidic, last
4. (adj) basic, canonic, canonical
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
Synonyms: introductory, sanctioned, basic, canonic, canonical
Antonyms: acidic, secondary, parenthetical, parenthetic, amphiprotic, incident, nonstandard, incidental, peripheral, omissible, last, amphoteric
5. (adj) basic, introductory
serving as a base or starting point
Synonyms: introductory, prefatorial, prefatory, basic, canonic, canonical
Antonyms: amphoteric, omissible, nonstandard, secondary, last, acidic, parenthetic, incident, parenthetical, amphiprotic, peripheral, incidental
6. (adj) basic
of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
Synonyms: introductory, canonic, canonical
Antonyms: last, parenthetic, nonstandard, secondary, acidic, amphiprotic, incidental, peripheral, omissible, incident, parenthetical, amphoteric
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Synonyms and Antonyms of basic 
