Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)basic, staple(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant Adjectives
(a)basicpertaining to or constituting a base or basis“a basic fact”,
“the basic ingredients”,
“basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities” (s)basic, canonic, canonicalreduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality“a basic story line”,
“a canonical syllable pattern” (s)basic, introductoryserving 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” (s)basicof or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base