basic

Plural: basics

Noun

• A fundamental principle or element.
• a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
• (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
• A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
• An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
• Basic training.

Adjective

• pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
  • "a basic fact"
  • "the basic ingredients"
  • "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"

Adjective Satellite

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
  • "a basic story line"
• serving as a base or starting point
  • "a basic course in Russian"
  • "basic training for raw recruits"
  • "a set of basic tools"
• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

Adj

• Necessary, essential for life or some process.
• Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
• Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
• Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

Examples

• Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
• Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
• I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more.
• Learning the two-letter words is a basic of high-level Words with Friends play.
• Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
• The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.
• The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.

Synonyms

canonic, canonical, introductory, staple, alkaline

Antonyms

incidental, acidic

Anagrams of basic