Related Words for basic

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elementary
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Adjective, Noun
standard
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
essential
x/x
Noun, Adjective
fundamental
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Adjective, Adjective
primary
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Adjective, Adjective
rudimentary
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Adjective, Adjective
first
/
Adjective, Adjective
beginning
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Adjective, Adjective
basal
/x
Adjective, Adjective
base
/
Adjective, Adjective
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
underlying
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
grassroots
//
Verb, Adjective
canonical
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
radical
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Adjective, Adjective
staple
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
root
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
alkaline
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Verb, Adjective
simple
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Adjective
foundational
x/xx
Adjective
common
/x
Adjective
rudiments
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Noun
general
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Noun
practical
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Adjective
proper
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Adjective
decent
/x
Adjective
adequate
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Adjective
principles
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Noun
specific
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Adjective
functional
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Adjective
minimal
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Adjective
primitive
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Adjective
typical
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Adjective
necessities
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Noun
concepts
/x
Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective
core
/
Noun
technical
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Name
main
/
Adjective
usual
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Adjective
traditional
x/xx
Adjective
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
modern
/x
Noun
solid
/x
Adjective
advanced
x/
Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
vital
/x
Adjective
preliminary
x/xxx
Noun
theoretical
xx/xx
Adjective
overarching
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Adjective
barest
/x
Adjective
critical
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Adjective
variety
x/xx
Noun
classic
/x
Noun
ordinary
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Adjective
understanding
xx/x
Noun
niceties
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Noun
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
good
/
Adjective
universal
xx/x
Name
regular
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Adjective
elemental
xx/x
Adjective
commonsense
xx/
Noun
fancy
/x
Noun
characteristic
xxx/x
Noun
tenets
/x
Noun
similar
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Adjective
meager
/x
Adjective
additional
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Adjective
important
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Adjective
conventional
x/xx
Adjective
same
/
Adjective
requisite
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Adjective
complicated
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Adjective
geometrical
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Adjective
necessary
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Adjective
various
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Adjective
crucial
/x
Adjective
workable
/xx
Adjective
modest
/x
Adjective
premise
/x
Noun
aspects
/x
Noun
underpinnings
/xxx
Noun
reasonable
/xxx
Adjective
different
/xx
Adjective
terms
/
Noun
intrinsic
x/x
Adjective
geometric
xx/x
Adjective
sophisticated
x/xxx
Adjective
normal
/x
Adjective
structural
/xx
Adjective
statistical
x/xx
Name
substantive
/xx
Adjective
explanation
xx/x
Noun
classical
/xx
Adjective
simplified
/xx
Verb
indispensable
xx/xx
Adjective
needed
/x
Verb
of the essence
/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Noun
required
x/x
Verb
needful
/x
Adjective
prerequisite
x/xx
Noun
constitutive
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Adjective
instrumental
xx/x
Adjective
substantial
x/x
Adjective
automatic
xx/x
Noun
obligate
/xx
Noun
central
/x
Noun
inherent
x/x
Adjective
inbuilt
//
Adjective
obligatory
x/xxx
Adjective
compulsory
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Adjective
nutritive
/xx
Adjective
nutrient
/xx
Noun
needy
/x
Adjective
immanent
/xx
Adjective
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
exigent
/xx
Adjective
cardinal
/xx
Noun
dispensable
x/xx
Adjective
mandatory
/xxx
Adjective
lawful
/x
Adjective
just
/
Adverb
stock
/
Noun
natural
/xx
Adjective
consequential
xx/x
Adjective
pivotal
/xx
Adjective
inborn
/x
Adjective
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective
healthful
/x
Adjective
viable
/xx
Adjective
effective
x/x
Adjective
innate
x/
Adjective
operative
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Adjective
stipulated
/xxx
Adjective
ultimate
/xx
Adjective
mandated
/xx
Verb
founded
/x
Verb
developed
x/x
Verb
worthwhile
//
Adjective
beneficial
xx/x
Adjective
living
/x
Noun
everyday
/x/
Adjective
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
working
/x
Verb
relevant
/xx
Adjective
processed
/x
Verb
practicable
/xxx
Adjective
nourishing
/xx
Adjective
nutritious
x/x
Adjective
acidic
x/x
Verb
commands
x/
Verb
conducts
x/
Verb
slag
/
Noun
constructs
x/
Verb
designs
x/
Verb
foodstuffs
/x
Noun
postulates
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Noun
authentication
xxx/x
Noun
dyes
/
Noun
urges
/x
Verb
exercises
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Verb
manufactures
xx/x
Verb
amenities
x/xx
Noun
grounding
/x
Verb
assumptions
x/x
Noun
applied
x/
Verb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
ac
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
algorithmic
/xxx
Adjective
alkali
/xx
Noun
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
backbone
/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
basically
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Adverb
bedrock
/x
Noun, Verb
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
biological
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bouquet
x/
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
building
/x
Noun
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
commodity
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Noun
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
compositional
xx/xx
Adjective
computer
x/x
Noun, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
constitution
xx/x
Noun
cornerstone
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Noun
crucially
/xx
Adverb
currency
/xx
Noun
database
/xx
Noun, Verb
definitional
xx/xx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
docking
/x
Noun
dumb
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
egyptian
x/x
Adjective, Name
embryological
xx/xxx
Adjective
emt
/
Name
entry
/x
Noun
essence
/x
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
footing
/x
Noun
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
framework
/x
Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
generally
/xxx
Adverb
generic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
groundwork
/x
Noun
guiding
/x
Noun
haploid
/x
Adjective, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
inchoate
//
Adjective, Noun, Verb
incident
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Noun, Adjective
incidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
incremental
xx/x
Adjective
infrastructural
xx/xx
Adjective
infrastructure
xx/x
Noun
integral
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Adjective, Noun
irreducible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
jeans
/
Noun
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
largely
/x
Adverb
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
monetary
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Adjective
motivational
xx/xx
Adjective
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
opposing
x/x
Adjective
organic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
overriding
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Adjective, Noun
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
parent
/x
Noun, Verb
personal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
phonetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
plain
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
prime
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
primordial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
principled
/xx
Adjective
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
re
/
Noun
regulations
xx/x
Noun
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
salient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
seminal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sketchy
/x
Adjective
source
/
Noun, Verb
starting
/x
Noun
statute
/x
Noun
summary
/xx
Noun, Adjective
syntactical
//xx
Adjective
thorough
/x
Adjective, Noun
tombstone
/x
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
training
/x
Noun
vocal
/x
Adjective, Noun
vocational
x/xx
Adjective
weight
/
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
dialect
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Noun