What is another word for rudiment?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈuːdɪmənt] (IPA)

Rudiment is a term used to express the basic or primary element of something. There are many synonyms to the word rudiment. Some of the most commonly used synonyms for rudiment are essentials, basics, fundamentals, groundwork, and preliminary. Other words that can also be used as synonyms for rudiment are beginning, basic principle, foundation, initial stage and starting point. The term rudiment is often used in various fields and subjects, from music to science, and from language to philosophy. Regardless of the context, the synonyms for rudiment can help in understanding the basics of something and laying the groundwork for greater understanding and knowledge.

Synonyms for Rudiment:

What are the hypernyms for Rudiment?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Rudiment?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for rudiment (as nouns)

    • body
      body part.

Usage examples for Rudiment

It was McPhail, careful godfather, who had taken him as a recruit to the regimental barber and prescribed a transformation from the sleek long hair brushed back over the head to a conventional military crop with a rudiment of a side parting.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
It presents three complete toes-one large median and two smaller lateral ones; and there is a rudiment of that digit which answers to the little finger of the human hand.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
Seeds of hermaphrodite flowers quadrangular, crowned by one long awn, and the rudiment of another.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera

Famous quotes with Rudiment

  • The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
    Edgar Allan Poe
  • Compromise is the rudiment of every true love or relationship.
    Emeasoba George
  • ValvertCyranoValvertCyranoIs that all?ValvertCyranoAh, no, young man, that is not enough!That, my dear sir, or something not unlike, is what you could have said to me, had you the smallest leaven of letters or wit; but of wit, O most pitiable of objects made by God, you never had a rudiment, and of letters, you have just those that are needed to spell "fool!"
    Edmond Rostand

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