'Elementary' definitions:
Definition of 'elementary'
From: WordNet
adjective
Easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" [syn: elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic]
adjective
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary teachers"
adjective
Definition of 'Elementary'
From: GCIDE
- Elementary \El`e*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. elementarius: cf. F. ['e]l['e]mentaire.]
- 1. Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. "Some luminous and fiery impressions in the elementary region." --J. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elementary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ab ovo,
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- acid,
- alkali,
- antenatal,
- austere,
- autochthonous,
- bare,
- basal,
- basic,
- basilar,
- beginning,
- biochemical,
- budding,
- central,
- chaste,
- chemical,
- chemicobiological,
- chemicoengineering,
- chemicomineralogical,
- chemicophysical,
- chemurgic,
- clear,
- component,
- constituent,
- constitutive,
- copolymeric,
- copolymerous,
- creative,
- crucial,
- dimeric,
- dimerous,
- easy,
- electrochemical,
- elemental,
- embryonic,
- essential,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- gut,
- heteromerous,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in ovo,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- indivisible,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- integral,
- integrant,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- irreducible,
- isomerous,
- macrochemical,
- material,
- mere,
- metameric,
- monolithic,
- monomerous,
- nascent,
- natal,
- nonacid,
- of a piece,
- of the essence,
- original,
- parturient,
- photochemical,
- physicochemical,
- phytochemical,
- plain,
- polymeric,
- postnatal,
- prefatory,
- pregnant,
- preliminary,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- procreative,
- protogenic,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- radical,
- radiochemical,
- rude,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- seminal,
- severe,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- single,
- spare,
- stark,
- straightforward,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- thermochemical,
- unadorned,
- uncluttered,
- uncomplicated,
- underlying,
- understandable,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- uniform,
- unsubtle,
- ur