Synonyms for rudiment
Definitions
- n. 1
A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
Related words
- Word family
- rudimental rudimentary
Forms
- Plural
- rudiments → beginnings, elements, seeds, principles…
Example sentences
- beginning Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?
- elements He doesn't even know the elements of an education.
- element Tom is in his element when he is playing baseball.
- seed Poppy seed cake is traditionally baked for Easter.
- principle My father made it a principle to keep early hours.
- fundamentals He wrote a book about the fundamentals of Islam.
By length
- 4 letters
- seed1, germ1
- 6 letters
- embryo3
- 7 letters
- element3, nucleus3
- 8 letters
- elements3
- 9 letters
- beginning3, principle3
- 12 letters
- fundamentals4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (embryo3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rudiment