basic

Meanings

Noun

• 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
• (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

Adjective

• 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"

Adjective Satellite

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
  • "a basic story line"
• serving as a base or starting point
  • "a basic course in Russian"
  • "basic training for raw recruits"
  • "a set of basic tools"
• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

Synonyms

canonic, canonical, introductory, staple

Antonyms

incidental