basics

Other forms of basics

plural

basicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about basics

What does basics mean?

basics means "a statement of fundamental facts or principles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in basics?

basics has 2 syllables: ba-sics. The stress falls on "ba". In IPA it is /ˈbeɪsɪks/.

What is another word for basics?

Close synonyms include rudiments, fundamentals, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basics a common word?

basics is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.