Fundamental

Noun

 * 1) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.

Derived terms

 * fundamentalism
 * fundamentalist
 * fundamentality
 * fundamentalness
 * fundamental analysis

Related terms

 * fundament

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:bare-bones

Adverbs for Fundamental
definitely; indispensably; radically; significantly; essentially; ineradically; inherently; intrinsically; virtually; substantially; absolutely; fairly; basically; undeniably.

Thesaurus
AF, ab ovo, abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, audio frequency, austere, autochthonous, axiom, bare, basal, base, basement, basic, basilar, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, beginning, bench mark, bottom, budding, cardinal, cardinal point, center, central, chaste, chief thing, climax, component, constituent, constitutional, constitutive, core, cornerstone, creative, crisis, critical, critical point, crucial, crux, dominant, element, elemental, elementary, elements, elixir, embryonic, essence, essential, essential matter, factor, fetal, first, floor, flooring, flower, focal, focus, fond, footing, formative, foundation, foundational, frequency, fundament, fundamental tone, generative, genetic, germinal, gestatory, gist, grammar, gravamen, great point, ground, grounds, groundwork, gut, hardpan, harmonic, heart, high point, homely, homespun, homogeneous, hypostasis, important, important thing, in embryo, in its infancy, in ovo, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, indispensable, indivisible, infant, infantile, inherent, initial, initiative, initiatory, inner essence, intonation, intrinsic, introductory, inventive, irreducible, issue, kernel, keystone, landmark, law, life-and-death, life-or-death, main, main point, main thing, marrow, material, material point, meat, mere, milestone, monolithic, monotone, monotony, nascent, natal, necessary, needful, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, of a piece, of the essence, of vital importance, organic, original, overtone, paramount, part and parcel, partial, partial tone, parturient, pavement, pitch, pith, pivot, plain, postnatal, postulate, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primordial, principal, principium, principle, principles, pristine, procreative, protogenic, pure, pure and simple, quid, quiddity, quintessence, quintessential, radical, real issue, requisite, riprap, rock bottom, rudiment, rudimental, rudimentary, rudiments, rule, salient point, sap, seat, seminal, severe, sill, simon-pure, simple, sine qua non, single, solid ground, solid rock, soul, spare, spirit, stark, stereobate, stuff, stylobate, substance, substantial, substantive, substantive point, substratum, substruction, substructure, terra firma, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty, the point, theorem, tone, tonelessness, turning point, unadorned, uncluttered, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlying, underpinning, understruction, understructure, undifferenced, undifferentiated, uniform, ur, vital

Etymology
From fundamentalis: <  fundamentum: < fundare: < fundus:

Noun

 * Armenian:
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 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 基本 (きほん, kihon)
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:

Adjective

 * Bengali:
 * Chinese: 基本 (jīběn)
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Danish: fundamental, grundlæggende
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: põhi-


 * Finnish: perustavalaatuinen
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 基本的な (きほんてきな, kihontekina)
 * Maltese: ,
 * Romanian: fundamental
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) basic,

Synonyms

 * afgørende
 * basal
 * grundliggende, grundlæggende

Derived terms

 * fundamentalisme
 * fundamentalist

Adjective

 * 1) fundamental

Adjective

 * 1) fundamental

Synonyms

 * grundlegend

Derived terms

 * Fundamentalismus, Fundamentalist

Adjective

 * 1) fundamental

Etymology
From fondamental: <  fundamentalis:

Adjective

 * 1) fundamental

Related terms

 * fundament
 * fundamenta
 * fundamentabil
 * fundamentare
 * fundamentat

Adjective

 * 1) fundamental

Related terms

 * fundamentar
 * fundamento
 * fundar