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Foundational

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Foundational"

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Word	Definition
basisnoun	A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
base	Low in place or position.
fundamental	Essential; extremely important.
founding	Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.
crucial	Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
general	Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
basic	Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
constitutive	Extremely important; essential.
essential	Necessary.
vital	Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
critical	Extremely important.
underlying	basic or fundamental
key	Indispensable, supremely important.
human	(not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
core	Forming the most important or essential part.
rudimentarynoun	Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
elementalnoun	Basic, fundamental or elementary.
primarynoun	First or earliest in a group or series.
pivotal	Being of crucial importance; central, key.
principalnoun	Primary; most important; first level in importance.