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Synonyms for fundamental
ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tlfun·da·men·tal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, totalAntonyms:
conservative, inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
fundamental
Synonyms:
primary, important, indispensable, essentialAntonyms:
secondary, unimportant, adventitious, ascititious, nonessential
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
fundamental frequency, first harmonicAntonyms:
unimportant, insignificant, incident, incidentalfundamental, fundamental frequency, first harmonicadjective
the lowest tone of a harmonic series
Synonyms:
fundamental frequency, first harmonicAntonyms:
incident, incidental, unimportant, insignificantcardinal, 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"
Synonyms:
primeval, primordial, key, profound, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, aboriginal, primaeval, primalAntonyms:
incident, unimportant, incidental, insignificantfundamental, 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"
Synonyms:
key, vestigial, profound, inherent, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, implicit in(p), primalAntonyms:
unimportant, incident, insignificant, incidentalfundamental, 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"
Synonyms:
heavy, unfathomed, key, wakeless, profound, cardinal, unplumbed, underlying, central, rudimentary, sound, unsounded, primalAntonyms:
unimportant, insignificant, incidental, incident
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
fundamentaladjective
Synonyms:
essential, primary, important, indispensable, radical, constitutional, organicfundamentalnoun
Synonyms:
leading principle, essential part
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fundamentaladjective
Synonyms:
basal, elementary, original, essential, radical
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fundamental":
basic, essential, key, core, crucial, vital, critical, underlying, root, main, primary, fondamentaux, foundational, central, radical, elementary, human, pivotal, major, important, substantive, paramount, substantial, cardinal, fundamentals, founding, basically, overarching, instrumental
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#315 | total | |
#373 | main | |
#481 | human | |
#522 | complete | |
#569 | key | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#686 | central | |
#691 | original | |
#759 | natural | |
#803 | sound | |
#945 | basic | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1356 | perfect | |
#1462 | entire | |
#1467 | positive | |
#1617 | core | |
#1783 | critical | |
#1955 | root | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2290 | native | |
#2685 | extreme | |
#3170 | organic | |
#3218 | elementary | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4760 | vital | |
#5271 | basically | |
#5739 | underlying | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#6963 | radical | |
#7983 | aboriginal | |
#8242 | instrumental | |
#9480 | fundamentals | |
#9815 | thorough | |
#10082 | cardinal | |
#10367 | founding | |
#10591 | primitive | |
#10683 | inherent | |
#11321 | profound | |
#11669 | paramount | |
#13969 | substantive | |
#18563 | indispensable | |
#20616 | primal | |
#21478 | pivotal | |
#25535 | innate | |
#34667 | overarching | |
#36939 | rudimentary | |
#37665 | foundational | |
#38702 | primordial | |
#52940 | ingrained | |
#63365 | primeval | |
#106934 | vestigial | |
#152495 | thoroughgoing | |
#290750 | fondamentaux |
How to use fundamental in a sentence?
I accept that same-sex marriage is a significant issue, but frankly, this government's absolute fundamental priority ... is to get the most urgent budget measures through and by far the most urgent budget measure is the small business budget boost.
I didn't know that we literally have 12 years to completely change how we do so many things on Earth, from a fundamental standpoint, or the damage will be irreversible and in our lifetimes we're going to experience such drastic impact, upon realizing that, it went from a silly song about animals to,' Oh my God, this is the most important thing I'll ever do.'.
The right to vote is sacred and fundamental — it is the right from which all of our other rights as Americans spring.
Right now, we actually don't know enough to say definitely how Covid-19 affects the brain and nervous system, until we can answer some of the most fundamental questions, it would be too early to speculate on treatments.
This proposal will make it possible for every person in America to get a college education no matter what their financial situation, we will make a full and complete education a fundamental right.
Translations for fundamental
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- أساسيArabic
- фундамента́ленBulgarian
- মৌলিকBengali
- fonamentalCatalan, Valencian
- zásadní, základníCzech
- grundlæggende, fundamentalDanish
- Grundlage, grundlegend, fundamentalGerman
- θεμέλιο, θεμελιώδηςGreek
- fundamentaEsperanto
- fundamentalSpanish
- põhi-Estonian
- اساسی, بنیادیPersian
- perustavanlaatuinen, perus-Finnish
- fondamental, fondementFrench
- bunúsachIrish
- fundamentalGalician
- मौलिकHindi
- alapvetőHungarian
- հիմունքArmenian
- mendasarIndonesian
- fondamentaleItalian
- בסיסיHebrew
- 基本, 基本的, 基本的なJapanese
- ಮೂಲಭೂತKannada
- 기본적인Korean
- fundamentalLatin
- fundamentali, fondamentaliMaltese
- fundamenteelDutch
- fundamentalNorwegian
- áʼádaatʼéhígííNavajo, Navaho
- podstawowyPolish
- fundamentalPortuguese
- fundamental, de bazăRomanian
- фундамента́льный, основа, основно́й, основополага́ющий, основной, суще́ственныйRussian
- ȍsnova, ȍsnovān, tèmelj, fȕndamentālan, tȅmēljnīSerbo-Croatian
- grundläggande, fundamentalSwedish
- அடிப்படைTamil
- พื้นฐานThai
- temelTurkish
- фундаментальнийUkrainian
- بنیادیUrdu
- פונדאַמענטאַלYiddish
- 基本的Chinese
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