Adjective basic has 5 senses
- basic - 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"
Antonyms: incidental, incident, omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary
- basic, canonic, canonical - reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
- basal, basic, primary - of primary importance; "basic truths"
Antonyms: inessential, unessential (indirect, via essential)
- basic, introductory - serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
Antonym: last (indirect, via intermediate, first)
Antonym: intermediate (indirect, via first, last)
- basic - of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
Antonyms: amphoteric, amphiprotic (indirect, via acidic, alkaline)
Antonym: acidic (indirect, via alkaline, amphoteric)
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Noun basic has 2 senses
- BASIC - 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
--1 is a kind of programming language, programing language
- basic, staple - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
--2 is a kind of commodity, trade goods, goods
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