Definition for Fundamental:

• Serving for the foundation; essential; primary; leading.

Synonyms for Fundamental:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • profound.
  •axiomatic (adjective)
  • absolute,
  • given.
  •beginning (adjective)
  • initial,
  • Inceptive,
  • initiatory.
  •bottom (adjective)
  • bottom,
  • base,
  • basic,
  • lowest,
  • underlying,
  • elementary,
  • foundational.
  •capital (adjective)
  • chief,
  • basic,
  • important,
  • dominant,
  • foremost,
  • leading,
  • predominant.
  •cardinal (adjective)
  • main,
  • pivotal,
  • overriding,
  • highest.
  •central (adjective)
  • focal,
  • centric,
  • middlemost,
  • median,
  • middle,
  • midmost,
  • midway.
  •component (adjective)
  • elemental.
  •critical (adjective)
  • crucial.
  •deep-rooted (adjective)
  • ingrained.
  •earliest (adjective)
  • primordial.
  •fundamental (adjective)
  • elementary,
  • Sustaining,
  • bottom,
  • rudimentary,
  • axiological,
  • central,
  • axiomatic,
  • requisite,
  • integral,
  • paramount,
  • structural,
  • major,
  • substrative,
  • bottom-line,
  • foundational,
  • necessary,
  • constitutive,
  • first,
  • crucial,
  • supporting,
  • intrinsic,
  • substratal,
  • significant,
  • theoretical,
  • prime,
  • original,
  • key,
  • principal,
  • basal,
  • underlying,
  • vital,
  • organic,
  • primordial,
  • elemental,
  • indispensable,
  • constitutional,
  • underived,
  • primitive,
  • cardinal,
  • radical,
  • essential,
  • primary.
  •important (adjective)
  • landmark,
  • serious,
  • sacred,
  • world-shaking,
  • real,
  • momentous,
  • major,
  • weighty,
  • material,
  • epoch-making,
  • mere,
  • substantial,
  • eternal,
  • monumental,
  • major league,
  • pivotal,
  • dominant,
  • telling,
  • historic,
  • focal,
  • special,
  • sacrosanct,
  • hot,
  • all-consuming,
  • signal.
  •in essence (adjective)
  • virtual.
  •intrinsic (adjective)
  • ingrained,
  • elemental,
  • inherent,
  • intrinsic,
  • implicit,
  • deep down,
  • inwoven,
  • central,
  • unalienable,
  • component,
  • integral,
  • built-in,
  • inseparable.
  •pure (adjective)
  • elemental,
  • blameless,
  • austere,
  • chaste,
  • decent,
  • unalloyed,
  • white,
  • purebred,
  • untainted,
  • guiltless,
  • simple,
  • innocent,
  • Simon-pure,
  • atomic,
  • angelic,
  • indivisible,
  • formative,
  • irreducible,
  • virtuous,
  • unadulterated,
  • nascent,
  • prime,
  • unblemished,
  • stark,
  • pure,
  • faultless,
  • basal,
  • clear,
  • immaculate,
  • foundational,
  • unsullied,
  • stainless,
  • basic,
  • spotless,
  • honorable,
  • primal,
  • unadorned,
  • undiluted,
  • uncluttered,
  • clean,
  • untarnished,
  • sinless,
  • monolithic,
  • plain,
  • bare,
  • essential,
  • elementary,
  • primary,
  • aboriginal,
  • undefiled.
  •severe (adjective)
  • brisk,
  • oppressive,
  • acute,
  • puritanical,
  • rigorous,
  • severe,
  • gruff,
  • authoritarian,
  • censorious,
  • grim,
  • acrimonious,
  • harsh,
  • short,
  • obdurate,
  • tart,
  • icy,
  • stringent,
  • ascetic,
  • exacting,
  • inflexible,
  • keen,
  • austere,
  • stark,
  • rigid,
  • caustic,
  • correct,
  • obstinate,
  • crisp,
  • acerbic,
  • frosty,
  • spare,
  • meticulous,
  • piquant,
  • raw,
  • prudish,
  • spartan,
  • stiff-necked,
  • blunt,
  • intolerant,
  • curt,
  • strict,
  • hidebound,
  • stern,
  • sharp,
  • astringent,
  • cool,
  • precise,
  • unbending,
  • cutting,
  • bleak,
  • abrupt,
  • draconian,
  • chilly,
  • strait-laced,
  • relentless,
  • lean,
  • critical,
  • intense,
  • disciplined,
  • brusque,
  • dour,
  • basic,
  • uncompromising,
  • dry,
  • demanding,
  • imperial.
  •simple (adjective)
  • primitive.
  •united (adjective)
  • entire,
  • congruent,
  • elemental,
  • irreducible,
  • cohesive,
  • integrated,
  • same,
  • undivided,
  • indivisible,
  • complete,
  • integral,
  • coincident,
  • coherent,
  • uniform,
  • united,
  • unified,
  • homogeneous,
  • pure,
  • atomic,
  • single,
  • intact,
  • solid,
  • congruous,
  • monolithic,
  • simple,
  • holistic.

• n.

  •
  • core,
  • supporting,
  • theoretical,
  • principal,
  • axiomatic,
  • requisite,
  • structural,
  • crucial,
  • first,
  • vital,
  • major.
  •
  • ultimate.
  •
  • constitutive.
  •axiom (noun)
  • maxim,
  • dictum,
  • proposition,
  • postulate,
  • precept,
  • truism,
  • truth.
  •base (noun)
  • essence,
  • root,
  • groundwork,
  • core,
  • origin,
  • Underpinning.
  •basis (noun)
  • center,
  • assumption,
  • substratum,
  • footing,
  • nucleus,
  • keystone,
  • bedrock,
  • crux,
  • base.
  •belief (noun)
  • doctrine,
  • tenet,
  • dogma.
  •element (noun)
  • Integrant.
  •essential (noun)
  • necessary,
  • requisite.
  •fundamental (noun)
  • sine qua non,
  • underlying,
  • heart,
  • cardinal,
  • profound,
  • foundation,
  • rudimentary,
  • rule,
  • axiom,
  • key,
  • important,
  • fundamental frequency,
  • principle,
  • central,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • of import,
  • law,
  • rock bottom,
  • rudiment,
  • element,
  • first harmonic,
  • basis,
  • factor,
  • theorem,
  • cornerstone,
  • significant,
  • primal,
  • component,
  • principium,
  • constituent,
  • abcs,
  • basic.
  •requirement (noun)
  • requirement.
  •rudiment (noun)
  • rudiment,
  • substructure.

• v.

  •composing (verb)
  • constituent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fundamentally,
  • constitutive,
  • requirement,
  • natural,
  • original,
  • rudiment,
  • stripped-down.
  •
  • element,
  • theorem,
  • necessity,
  • cornerstone.
  •
  • fundament,
  • vital,
  • axiom,
  • ultimate,
  • principle.
  •
  • core,
  • law.
  •
  • root,
  • universal.
  •
  • basis.
  •
  • foundation.
  •elementary
  • introductory.
  •essential
  • necessary.
  •generative
  • seminal.
  •inborn
  • congenital.
  •natural
  • native.
  •primitive
  • pristine,
  • savage.
  •Other relevant words:
  • floor,
  • vestigial,
  • origin,
  • axiological,
  • substratum,
  • grammar,
  • assumption,
  • solid rock,
  • true,
  • inventive,
  • littlest,
  • entrenched,
  • Inceptive,
  • body,
  • homely,
  • honest,
  • grassroots,
  • consider,
  • key,
  • desideratum,
  • marrow,
  • of the essence,
  • fundamental frequency,
  • substructure,
  • meat,
  • weighty,
  • stripped-down,
  • expect,
  • universal,
  • germinal,
  • autochthonous,
  • apparently,
  • seat,
  • normal,
  • requirement,
  • embryonic,
  • scarcely,
  • telling,
  • highest,
  • substantive,
  • centric,
  • tenet,
  • constraint,
  • fetal,
  • extreme,
  • Sustaining,
  • minimal,
  • creative,
  • particular,
  • first,
  • frequency,
  • substance,
  • quiddity,
  • momentous,
  • flooring,
  • heavy,
  • inward,
  • natural,
  • built on,
  • substrative,
  • paramount,
  • connate,
  • hardly,
  • final,
  • Underbuilding,
  • ground,
  • critical point,
  • feature,
  • constitutional,
  • constrain,
  • fond,
  • mere,
  • embedded,
  • center,
  • homespun,
  • focus,
  • model,
  • supporting,
  • elements,
  • anlage,
  • foundation,
  • focal,
  • obviously,
  • hypostasis,
  • standard,
  • nucleus,
  • dictum,
  • needful,
  • Underpinning,
  • modest,
  • cardinal,
  • initiatory,
  • part,
  • crucial,
  • detail,
  • contain,
  • procreative,
  • leading,
  • turning point,
  • ultimate,
  • unpretentious,
  • deep,
  • Engrained,
  • seminal,
  • inbred,
  • ask,
  • in its infancy,
  • essence,
  • core,
  • rudiments,
  • chief thing,
  • must,
  • infantile,
  • given,
  • instinctive,
  • piece,
  • parturient,
  • law,
  • bed,
  • fundamentally,
  • bearing wall,
  • make,
  • median,
  • budding,
  • genuine,
  • life-or-death,
  • incipient,
  • middle,
  • established,
  • quintessence,
  • pavement,
  • intonation,
  • infant,
  • undifferentiated,
  • prerequisite,
  • bottom-line,
  • inchoate,
  • harmonic,
  • monotone,
  • dominant,
  • pivot,
  • evidently,
  • pregnant,
  • needed,
  • proper,
  • root,
  • generative,
  • natal,
  • classic,
  • terra firma,
  • rule,
  • Protogenic,
  • purely,
  • of a piece,
  • unit,
  • take,
  • unmixed,
  • sacred,
  • of vital importance,
  • intrinsical,
  • grounds,
  • oblige,
  • Congenite,
  • Stylobate,
  • inveterate,
  • primeval,
  • bench mark,
  • thoroughgoing,
  • indwelling,
  • hereditary,
  • effective,
  • necessity,
  • point,
  • involve,
  • syngenic,
  • call,
  • fundament,
  • unassuming,
  • original,
  • quintessential,
  • foremost,
  • guide,
  • real issue,
  • partial tone,
  • subjective,
  • significant,
  • sill,
  • middlemost,
  • practicality,
  • entirely,
  • constitutive,
  • cornerstone,
  • primitive,
  • overtone,
  • gut,
  • primaeval,
  • manifestly,
  • compel,
  • initiative,
  • sincerely,
  • constituent,
  • visceral,
  • absolutely,
  • supported,
  • issue,
  • flower,
  • important,
  • footing,
  • main point,
  • preparatory,
  • earthshaking,
  • pith,
  • pre-eminent,
  • preliminary,
  • actual,
  • native,
  • firm,
  • basement,
  • antenatal,
  • bedding,
  • just,
  • nub,
  • mandatory,
  • unostentatious,
  • fundamentals,
  • fast,
  • all-consuming,
  • climax,
  • Unartificial,
  • inaugural,
  • undecorated,
  • easily,
  • Stereobate,
  • ingredient,
  • radical,
  • required,
  • abcs,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • elixir,
  • necessary,
  • rudiment,
  • smallest,
  • congenital,
  • rudimentary,
  • directly,
  • belief,
  • ab ovo,
  • maxim,
  • unvarnished,
  • spirit,
  • substantial,
  • chronic,
  • sacrosanct,
  • historic,
  • inborn,
  • segment,
  • principium,
  • sap,
  • stuff,
  • element,
  • Substruction,
  • keystone,
  • want,
  • fixed,
  • theoretical,
  • of import,
  • supreme,
  • audio frequency,
  • Primogenial,
  • imperative,
  • indigenous,
  • deep-seated,
  • immanent,
  • proposition,
  • genetic,
  • hardpan,
  • patently,
  • prolegomenous,
  • special,
  • introductory,
  • serious,
  • major,
  • entail,
  • world-shaking,
  • alpha,
  • real,
  • internal,
  • rationale,
  • overriding,
  • doctrine,
  • signal,
  • thorough,
  • substratal,
  • nethermost,
  • in the grain,
  • theorem,
  • landmark,
  • crave,
  • vital,
  • truism,
  • savage,
  • in the bud,
  • epoch-making,
  • inherited,
  • thoroughbred,
  • Riprap,
  • admit,
  • rooted,
  • Instilled,
  • dogma,
  • axiom,
  • incarnate,
  • undifferenced,
  • profound,
  • tonelessness,
  • need,
  • eternal,
  • implanted,
  • precept,
  • principal,
  • prenatal,
  • hot,
  • medial,
  • cardinal point,
  • staple,
  • necessitate,
  • require,
  • soul,
  • Integrant,
  • founded on,
  • understructure,
  • gist,
  • unembellished,
  • operative,
  • exactly,
  • in embryo,
  • settled,
  • undercarriage,
  • innate,
  • Rudimental,
  • quite,
  • inwrought,
  • compulsory,
  • kernel,
  • Ingenerate,
  • truth,
  • canon,
  • major league,
  • crux,
  • pure and simple,
  • factor,
  • beginning,
  • pristine,
  • Gestatory,
  • Gravamen,
  • quid,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • material,
  • naked,
  • Ingenite,
  • axiomatic,
  • sound,
  • solid ground,
  • first harmonic,
  • simply,
  • metaphysical,
  • capital,
  • based on,
  • precisely,
  • absolute,
  • requisite,
  • tone,
  • halfway,
  • underived,
  • monotony,
  • genetous,
  • criterion,
  • heart,
  • guts,
  • Imbedded,
  • plainly,
  • basilar,
  • creation,
  • basic principle,
  • milestone,
  • midway,
  • unsounded,
  • prima,
  • teaching,
  • groundwork,
  • initial,
  • Main Thing,
  • Undermost,
  • chief,
  • pivotal,
  • principle,
  • pitch,
  • leadoff,
  • unfathomed,
  • bedrock,
  • virtual,
  • inchoative,
  • main,
  • at all,
  • basis,
  • choose,
  • postulate,
  • undergirding,
  • insist,
  • monumental,
  • life-and-death,
  • sine qua non,
  • indispensable,
  • organic,
  • set,
  • principles,
  • postnatal,
  • deep-rooted,
  • crisis,
  • midmost,
  • predominant,
  • rock bottom,
  • high point,
  • structural,
  • abecedarian,
  • centre,
  • unplumbed,
  • primordial.

Antonyms for Fundamental:

• adj.

  • axiomatic
    misunderstood, uncertain, questionable.
  • capital
    nonessential.
  • cardinal
    inessential, negligible, insignificant.
  • central
    exterior, peripheral, outside.
  • fundamental
    extra, additional, unimportant, secondary, trivial, subordinate, auxiliary, minor, advanced.
  • Other antonyms:
    developed, partial, moderate, trial, intricate, inadequate, elaborate, tentative, high, complex, higher, sophisticated, complicated, incident, extensive, incomplete, advanced, superficial, convoluted, conservative, slight, palliative, detailed, Evolved, refined.

• n.

  • axiom
    ambiguity, paradox, absurdity, nonsense, foolishness.
  • belief
    disbelief, nonbelief.
  • fundamental
    addition, trivia.