fundaments
Core underlying principles
Fundaments are foundations or underlying principles—the basic elements on which something rests: the fundaments of democracy, the fundaments of good design.
The word also refers, somewhat old-fashionedly, to the buttocks or anus: a kick in the fundaments.
Both senses derive from the idea of what lies at the bottom.
Foundational knowledge of something
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- rudimentsElementary first principles
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
ABCs · core · bedrock · premises · axioms · tenets · cornerstones · underpinnings
Secure ground position
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- substructureSupporting base beneath
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- baseSupporting bottom structure
bedrock · cornerstone · keystone · piers · columns · beams · buttress · pile
basics
Foundational knowledge of something
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- rudimentsElementary first principles
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
groundwork · ABCs · core · bedrock · premises · axioms · tenets · cornerstones · underpinnings · roots
footing
Secure ground position
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- substructureSupporting base beneath
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
base · bedrock · cornerstone · keystone · piers · columns · beams · buttress · pile · abutment
buttocks
Fleshy seat area
backside · rump · seat · behind · derriere · haunches · glutes · hindquarters · bum · cheeks
briefs
Snug lower undergarments
underpants · drawers · trunks · thong · hipsters · boyshorts · bikini · jockstrap · longjohns · bloomers
fundamentstops
Uppermost parts or garments
superstructure · pinnacle · apex · summit · crown
fundamentssuperficialities
Shallow, unimportant matters
trivialities · nonessentials · frills · embellishments · extras
- fundamental rightsCore legal protections guaranteed
- fundamental freedomsConstitutionally protected core liberties
- religious fundamentalismLiteral interpretation of scripture
- fundamental principlesEssential underlying truths
- fundamental lawsFoundational rules of systems
- Christian fundamentalismLiteral Bible belief movement
fundamental, fundamentally, fundamentals, fundament, fundamentalist, fundamentalism, fundamentalists