rudiment

Nouns

  • (n) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
    • he mastered only the rudiments of geometry
    ABC, ABCs, ABC's, first principle, first rudiment, alphabet,
  • (n) the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
    • Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac

Synonyms

ABC ABCs ABC's first principle first rudiment alphabet

Words of close approximity

rudimentary rudiments