basic

Adjective

• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

• serving as a base or starting point
  • a basic course in Russian
    
  • basic training for raw recruits
    
  • a set of basic tools
    
  • an introductory art course
    

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
  • a basic story line
    
  • a canonical syllable pattern
    

• 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
    

Noun

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

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  introductory , canonic , canonical , staple , BASIC
• Antonyms: 
  incidental , incident