All foundational synonyms

adj foundational

• rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
• straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
• fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
• major — Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
• paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
• integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
• crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
• indispensable — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
• constitutional — Constitutional means relating to the constitution of a particular country or organization.
• theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
• necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
• vital — of or relating to life: vital processes.
• significant — important; of consequence.
• central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
• principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
• intrinsic — belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
• structural — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
• profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
• last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
• radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
• basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
• primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
• underlying — lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
• base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
• basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• prime — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
• supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
• bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
• cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
• key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
• requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
• first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
• natural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
• native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
• basal — Basal means relating to or forming the base of something.
• lowest — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• lowermost — lowest1 .
• nethermost — lowest; farthest down: the nethermost depths of the ocean.
• undermost — being the furthest under; lowest
• meat-and-potatoes — fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
• rock-bottom — at the lowest possible limit or level; extremely low: rock-bottom prices.
• abecedarian — a person who is learning the alphabet or the rudiments of a subject
• beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
• clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
• duck soup — something that is easy to do or accomplish: Fixing the car will be duck soup for anyone with the right tools.
• easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
• facile — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
• initial — of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.