rudimentary

rudimentary is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.
2. adjective. Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.
3. adjective. being in the earliest stages of development

   "rudimentary plans"

4. adjective. not fully developed in mature animals

   "rudimentary wings"

   Synonyms: vestigial

5. adjective. being or involving basic facts or principles

   "the fundamental laws of the universe"

   "a fundamental incomatibility between them"

   Synonyms: fundamental, underlying

Synonyms

vestigial, fundamental, underlying

Common word forms

rudimentarily

Words from these letters

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