I think your basic theory is wrong.
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Basic
//ˈbeɪsɪk//
Synonyms for "basic" (176 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (52)
Related words (88)
Adjective(21 words)
maficmundanenormalold hatold schoolold-fashionedossifiedoutmodedpedestrianplain-sailingregularrinky-dinkrun-of-the-millsimaticstandard issuestripped downstrugglelessuncoolunfashionableunhip
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mainmastermaterialmeremetamericmillminimalmonolithicmonomerousnativenaturalneednonacidof a pieceof the essenceof vital importanceorganicoriginalparamountpart and parcel
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photochemicalphysicochemicalphytochemicalplainpolymericpregnantpreparatoryprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimordialprincipalpristineprotogenicpurepure and simpleradiochemicalrootrootedruderudimentrudimentaryseminalseveresimon puresimon-puresimplesinglesparestarkstrongsubstantialsubstantivethermochemicalultimateunadornedunclutteredunderstatedundifferencedundifferentiateduniformvirtualvitalworking
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesdbpedia influenced_by
2 entriesderived
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derived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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Translations
159 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَسَاسِيّ adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Armenian
1 entries- հիմնական adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Belarusian
4 entries- асно́ўны adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- асно́ўны adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- ба́завы adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- падставо́вы adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Bengali
2 entries- মৌলিক adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- মৌলিক adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Bulgarian
4 entries- алка́лен adj (chemistry: of a base)
- осно́вен adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- осно́вен adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- осно́вен adj (chemistry: of a base)
Catalan
2 entries- bàsic adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- bàsic adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 基本的 adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- 基本的 adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- 基礎的 /基础的 adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- 鹼性 /碱性 adj (chemistry: of a base)
Czech
4 entries- elementární adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- jednoduchý adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- nezbytný adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- základní adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Danish
4 entries- basal adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- basal adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- basisk adj (chemistry: of a base)
- elementær adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Dutch
4 entries- basis adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- basisch adj (chemistry: of a base)
- elementair adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- elementair adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- тӱҥ adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- тӱҥ adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Esperanto
4 entries- baza adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- baza adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- baza adj (chemistry: of a base)
- BASIC name (computer language)
Estonian
1 entries- alus noun (elementary building block)
Finnish
4 entries- alkalinen adj (chemistry: of a base)
- alkeellinen adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- emäksinen adj (chemistry: of a base)
- olennainen adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
French
3 entries- basique adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- basique adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- basique adj (chemistry: of a base)
Galician
2 entries- básico adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- básico adj (chemistry: of a base)
German
4 entries- anspruchslos adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- basisch adj (chemistry: of a base)
- einfach adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- elementar adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Hebrew
1 entries- בְּסִיסִי adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Hungarian
4 entries- alap adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- alapfokú adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- alapszintű adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- alapvető adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Ingrian
2 entries- osnovnoi adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- osnovnoi adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Interlingua
3 entries- basic adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- basic adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- basic adj (chemistry: of a base)
Italian
4 entries- basico adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- basico adj (chemistry: of a base)
- basilare adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- elementare adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- biesik adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Japanese
4 entries- 基本的 adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- 基本的 adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- 基礎の adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- 塩基性 adj (chemistry: of a base)
Kazakh
3 entries- базалық adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- базистік adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- негізгі adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Korean
1 entries- 기초의 adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Maltese
2 entries- bażiku adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- bażiku adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Marathi
1 entries- बेसिक name (computer language)
Māori
1 entries- whakapū adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- basisk adj (chemistry: of a base)
- grunnleggende adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- basisk adj (chemistry: of a base)
Occitan
1 entries- basic adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- بسیط adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- بیاغی adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- ساده adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Persian
3 entries- اساسی adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- بنیادی adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- بیسیک name (computer language)
Polish
4 entries- fundamentalny adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- podstawowy adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- podstawowy adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- zasadowy adj (chemistry: of a base)
Portuguese
3 entries- básico adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- básico adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- básico adj (chemistry: of a base)
Romanian
4 entries- alcalin adj (chemistry: of a base)
- bazic adj (chemistry: of a base)
- de bază adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- fundamental adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
Russian
4 entries- ба́зовый adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- осно́вный adj (chemistry: of a base)
- основно́й adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- основно́й adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Slovak
1 entries- základný adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Spanish
3 entries- básico adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- básico adj (chemistry: of a base)
- chapi adj (unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool)
Tajik
2 entries- асосӣ adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- бунёдӣ adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ба́зовий adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- елемента́рний adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
- основни́й adj (necessary, essential for life or some process)
- основни́й adj (elementary, simple, merely functional)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Air, like food, is a basic human need.
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That game is easy, once you learn the basic rules.
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The family is the basic unit of society.
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