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. Mike Donilon:

   He has a strong sort of fundamental belief of what's at stake, and that these choices we're going to make, they're going to change a lot of people's lives in the long term -- or at least have the potential to, he thinks it's well worth the effort.

2. Seemin Qayum:

   Access to safe, reliable, clean, private sanitation and water and hygiene is really a question of girls' and women's welfare and girls' and women's rights, if we're thinking about keeping girls at school, we need to do a lot of work on the sanitation issue and make sure that there are clean, private, safe and separate facilities for girls at schools. I think this is fundamental.

3. Christiane Taubira:

   It posed a fundamental problem in terms of national rights by birthplace, to which I am firmly attached.

4. Langston Hughes:

   And fundamental to love is knowledge, is empathy, is compassion, is knowing another's struggle, if you love someone, you see their worth, you see their dignity. You know that your destiny is interwoven with them.

5. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein:

   The people of the DPRK risk their lives and their dignity for the exercise of their fundamental human rights, including seeking to leave the country and communicating with individuals abroad.

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