basic: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with B · ends with C
Meaning of basic
adj
Necessary, essential for life or some process.
Example: Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
Example: The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- informal
Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
Source: Wiktionary — basic.
noun
A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
Example: Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
Example: Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
Basic training.
Example: The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.
Listed forms: basics.
Source: Wiktionary — basic.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for basic.
adjective
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
adjective
serving as a base or starting point
noun
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of basic
B(3) + A(1) + S(1) + I(1) + C(3) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of basic
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from basic
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