Definition for Elementary:

• of or being the essential or basic part; " an elementary need for love and nurturing"

Synonyms for Elementary:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • uncomplicated,
  • unproblematic,
  • elementary.
  •beginning (adjective)
  • initiatory,
  • Inceptive.
  •bottom (adjective)
  • bottom,
  • fundamental,
  • lowest,
  • base.
  •earliest (adjective)
  • original.
  •easy (adjective)
  • light,
  • cinch,
  • picnic,
  • piece of cake,
  • mere,
  • nothing to it,
  • pushover,
  • plain sailing,
  • simple as abc,
  • manifest,
  • little,
  • slight,
  • apparent,
  • inconsiderable,
  • yielding,
  • smooth,
  • accessible,
  • snap,
  • obvious,
  • paltry,
  • uninvolved,
  • royal,
  • evident.
  •elemental (adjective)
  • elemental.
  •elementary (adjective)
  • duck soup,
  • facile,
  • prefatory,
  • abcs,
  • simplex,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • primo,
  • preliminary,
  • simplest,
  • abecedarian,
  • child's play,
  • initial,
  • plain,
  • clear,
  • uncomplex,
  • simplified,
  • substratal.
  •embryonic (adjective)
  • developing,
  • early,
  • undeveloped,
  • immature,
  • Evolving,
  • incipient.
  •essential (adjective)
  • congenital,
  • material,
  • cardinal,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • cold,
  • perfect,
  • deep-seated,
  • ideal,
  • nub,
  • name of the game,
  • key,
  • prime,
  • complete,
  • constitutional,
  • quintessential,
  • inborn,
  • inbred,
  • connate,
  • innate,
  • absolute.
  •first (adjective)
  • first off,
  • front,
  • leading,
  • aboriginal,
  • pioneer,
  • primordial,
  • opening,
  • least,
  • pristine,
  • ahead,
  • antecedent,
  • head,
  • inaugural,
  • anterior,
  • smallest,
  • primeval,
  • slightest.
  •fundamental (adjective)
  • Sustaining,
  • constitutive,
  • supporting,
  • indispensable,
  • requisite,
  • organic,
  • central,
  • theoretical,
  • structural,
  • vital,
  • integral,
  • paramount,
  • grass-roots,
  • significant,
  • crucial,
  • axiomatic.
  •original (adjective)
  • underivative,
  • First-hand.
  •preliminary (adjective)
  • more qualifying,
  • most readying,
  • more exploratory,
  • pre paring,
  • testest,
  • most preparing,
  • most exploratory,
  • most qualifying,
  • pre-paring,
  • more preparing,
  • more pilot,
  • pre-ceding,
  • most pilot,
  • pre ceding,
  • more readying.
  •preparatory (adjective)
  • more before,
  • most before,
  • preppest,
  • pre-cautionary,
  • pre cautionary,
  • prepper.
  •primary (adjective)
  • more idiopathic,
  • most idiopathic.
  •primary/prime (adjective)
  • three r,
  • three rs,
  • most primary.
  •primitive (adjective)
  • most unevolved,
  • un evolved,
  • more unevolved,
  • un-evolved,
  • unevolved.
  •pure (adjective)
  • faultless,
  • innocent,
  • decent,
  • undefiled,
  • unadulterated,
  • irreducible,
  • indivisible,
  • undiluted,
  • bare,
  • primal,
  • pure,
  • spotless,
  • stainless,
  • unalloyed,
  • sinless,
  • blameless,
  • guiltless,
  • virtuous,
  • unsullied,
  • unblemished,
  • atomic,
  • Simon-pure,
  • austere,
  • monolithic,
  • immaculate,
  • unadorned,
  • angelic,
  • honorable,
  • formative,
  • untainted,
  • untarnished,
  • stark,
  • chaste,
  • purebred,
  • clean,
  • white.
  •rudimentary (adjective)
  • larval,
  • uncompleted,
  • embryonic,
  • vestigial,
  • nuts-and-bolts.
  •straightforward (adjective)
  • un ambiguous,
  • un equivocal,
  • clearcut,
  • un interrupted,
  • un-equivocal.
  •uncomplicated (adjective)
  • un complicated,
  • un-complicated.
  •underlying (adjective)
  • under lying,
  • under-lying,
  • rootest.
  •vanilla (adjective)
  • most uncluttered,
  • un-cluttered,
  • un cluttered,
  • more uncluttered.

• n.

  •
  • intrinsic,
  • raw,
  • surface,
  • natural,
  • ultimate,
  • core,
  • primitive.
  •
  • effortless,
  • manageable,
  • Rudimental,
  • start,
  • come naturally/easily/easy (to someone),
  • trouble-free.
  •basic (noun)
  • basic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • graduate,
  • scholastic,
  • progressive,
  • mindless,
  • liberal,
  • premier,
  • phonic,
  • substantially,
  • main,
  • overwhelming,
  • academic,
  • essentially.
  •
  • chief,
  • convenient,
  • marquee,
  • formal,
  • substantive,
  • grand.
  •
  • principal,
  • real.
  •
  • major,
  • number one.
  •
  • radical,
  • soft,
  • comfortable.
  •
  • ease.
  •
  • slick.
  •
  • great,
  • top.

Paraphrases for Elementary:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    rudimentary, elemental.
  • Proper noun, singular
    elemental.
  • Noun, plural
    primary, Primaries.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    elemental.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    preliminary, non-skilled, underlying, incremental, primal, unskilled, introductory, basic-level, crucial, minimal, grassroots-level.
  • Proper noun, singular
    examinations.
  • Noun, plural
    Necessities, providers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    primaire, grammar.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    primary-school, primary, basic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    primary, basic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    primary, basic.

Antonyms for Elementary:

• adj.

  • easy
    demanding, uneasy, laborious, arduous.
  • elementary
    secondary, involved, advanced, compound, intricate, hard, complicated, complex, difficult, abstruse.
  • essential
    atypical, minor.
  • first
    final, last.
  • fundamental
    additional, auxiliary, trivial, extra, unimportant, subordinate.
  • inchoate
    grown, mature, developed.
  • inherent
    acquired, added, incidental, external, learned, extrinsic.
  • initial
    closing.
  • Other antonyms:
    Evolved, sophisticated, detailed, high, refined, incident, extensive, elaborate, higher, convoluted.

Elementary Sentence Examples:

• She was going to live like the poor and among them, smooth away their sorrows and increase their joys, give them, as it were, a cheery arm along the rough path of poverty, and in doing it get down herself out of the clouds to the very soil, to the very beginnings and solid elementary facts of life.

• See his Elementary Principles of Economics, N. Y., 1912, pp.

Homophones for Elementary:

• eliminator, elm tree.