Basic

//ˈbeɪsɪk//

Synonyms for "basic" (176 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (52)

Related words (88)

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Translations

159 translations across 42 languages.

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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.

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I think your basic theory is wrong.

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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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.