| Noun | 1. | BASIC - a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use | |
| 2. | basic - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant | |
| Adj. | 1. | basic - pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"incidental, incident - (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change" | |
| 2. | basic - reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"standard - established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work" | |
| 3. | basic - of primary importance; "basic truths"essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" | |
| 4. | basic - serving 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"first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" | |
| 5. | basic - of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a basechemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions alkalic, alkaline - relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone" | |