foundational
At the base
Foundational describes something that serves as a foundation—a base upon which other things are built.
A foundational text establishes core principles for a field.
Foundational skills are the basics that more advanced abilities depend on.
The course covers foundational concepts in statistics.
Sustaining structural mass
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- constructionProcess of building something
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- baseSupporting bottom structure
support · underpinning · framework · scaffolding · girders · beams · columns · footings
Central essential portion
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
necessary · prerequisite · key · central · elemental · intrinsic · constitutive · pivotal
Of first principles
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- primaryChief in importance
- simpleFree of complexity
preliminary · starter · beginning · entry-level · first · initial · preparatory · basics
load-bearing
Sustaining structural mass
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- constructionProcess of building something
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
base · support · underpinning · framework · scaffolding · girders · beams · columns · footings · substructure
core
Central essential portion
integral · necessary · prerequisite · key · central · elemental · intrinsic · constitutive · pivotal · critical
elementary
Of first principles
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- primaryChief in importance
simple · preliminary · starter · beginning · entry-level · first · initial · preparatory · basics · essentials
- academicscholarly, academic, intellectual, erudite, learned
- beginner-friendlyeasy, simple, basic, guided, tutorial
- beginnersbeginner, novice, rookie, newbie, newcomer
- fundamentalsbasics, essentials, ABCs, rudiments, bedrock
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- letteringlettering styles, letterforms, calligraphy, hand lettering, handwriting
foundationalsuperficial
Lacking depth or substance
peripheral · accessory · supplementary · ancillary · incidental
foundationalsuperficial
Lacking depth or substance
surface-level · highest · topmost · uppermost · superstructural
- foundation repairFixing structural base problems
- lay a foundationEstablish essential first steps
- strong foundation
- foundation stonesInitial structural base elements
- cracked foundationBroken structural base
- foundation garmentsSupportive underclothing for figure