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fundamental
adjective as in basic, important
Strongest matches
central, constitutional, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, major, necessary, paramount, principal, radical, significant, structural, theoretical, underlying, vital
Strong matches
bottom, cardinal, first, key, organic, original, primary, prime, primitive, requisite, supporting
Weak matches
axiological, axiomatic, basal, bottom-line, constitutive, foundational, grassroots, meat-and-potatoes, primordial, rudimentary, substratal, substrative, sustaining, underived
noun as in basic, essential part
Strongest matches
bottom line, component, cornerstone, element, factor, foundation, law, principle
Strong matches
ABCs, axiom, basis, constituent, guts, heart, nitty-gritty, rudiment, rule, theorem
Weak matches
brass tacks, coal-and-ice, principium, rock bottom, sine qua non
Example Sentences
"It has been growing with him. He has played in other divisions, earning his way into the Premier League. He is very fundamental for us."
“It’s hard to go back and forth,” he said of the balance between learning the fundamentals of shortstop while also trying to work through his offensive scuffles.
“We have thousands of cases, and we don’t even have the most fundamental information,” Baum said at the hearing.
Make clear, in other words, that the diversity we tout in our admissions materials remains a fundamental part of our mission — even when politicians use federal funding to undermine our institutional values.
Ahead of that meeting, the prime minister said "fundamental changes" were being made to the asylum system to show that "settlement must be earned by contributing to the country".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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