fundamental
fundamental is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.
- noun. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
- noun. the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- noun. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
"fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure"
- adjective. serving as an essential component
"a cardinal rule"
"the central cause of the problem"
- adjective. being or involving basic facts or principles
"the fundamental laws of the universe"
"a fundamental incomatibility between them"
- adjective. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
"the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"
"the book underwent fundamental changes"
Synonyms
cardinal, central, key, primal, rudimentary, underlying, profound
Common word forms
fundamentals, fundamentally, fundamentality, fundamentalness
Words from these letters
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