Synonyms of the word

elemental

• adj. (chemistry) of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
• adj. basic, fundamental or elementary.
• adj. of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.
• adj. (by extension) of, or relating to a force or nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.
• n. (fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements:…

basic

• adj. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
• adj. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
• adj. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
• adj. (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
• n. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
• n. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
• n. (military) Basic training.

elementary

• adj. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
• adj. Relating to an elementary school.
• adj. (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
• adj. (archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements…

matter

• n. Substance, material.
• n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
• n. An approximate amount or extent.
• n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
• n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• n. (dated) Pus.
• v. (intransitive) To be important.
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
• v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

primary

• adj. The first in a group or series.
• adj. Main; principal; placed ahead of others.
• adj. (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
• adj. (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree;…
• adj. (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
• adj. (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners,…
• n. A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
• n. The first year of grade school.
• n. A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
• n. The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
• n. A primary school.
• n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
• n. A primary colour.
• n. (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically…
• v. (US, intransitive) To take part in a primary election.
• v. (US, politics) To challenge an incumbent sitting politician for their political party's endorsement to…

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

weather

• n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative…
• n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
• n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
• n. (countable, figuratively) A situation.
• n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
• n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.
• v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
• v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
• v. To breakdown, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature,…
• v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
• v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
• v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.