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as in best, principalas in earliestas in basic, fundamentalas in basic

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adjective as in best, principal

Weak matches

  • capital
  • cardinal
  • chief
  • crackerjack
  • dominant
  • excellent
  • fab
  • first
  • first-class
  • greatest
  • heavy
  • highest
  • hot
  • leading
  • main
  • number one
  • paramount
  • primo
  • state-of-the-art
  • stellar
  • top
  • top-of-the-line
  • tough
  • world-class

adjective as in earliest

Weak matches

  • aboriginal
  • beginning
  • direct
  • first
  • firsthand
  • immediate
  • initial
  • original
  • pioneer
  • primal
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • pristine

adjective as in basic, fundamental

Weak matches

  • basal
  • beginning
  • bottom
  • central
  • elemental
  • elementary
  • essential
  • first
  • foundational
  • introductory
  • meat-and-potatoes
  • original
  • primitive
  • principal
  • radical
  • rudimentary
  • simple
  • three R's
  • ultimate
  • underivative
  • underived
  • underlying

adjective as in basic

Strongest matches

  • constitutional
  • dominant
  • elementary
  • essential
  • fundamental
  • immediate
  • initial
  • leading
  • main
  • prime
  • principal
  • underlying
  • vital

Strong matches

  • central
  • chief
  • first
  • primitive
  • simple

Weak matches

  • direct
  • earliest
  • idiopathic
  • primal

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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