rudimentary

Questions about rudimentary

What does rudimentary mean?

rudimentary means "being or involving basic facts or principles". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rudimentary?

rudimentary has 5 syllables: ru-di-men-ta-ry. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌɹudəˈmɛntɚi/.

What is another word for rudimentary?

Close synonyms include fundamental, underlying, vestigial. 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 rudimentary a common word?

rudimentary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with rudimentary?

7 words rhyme with rudimentary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.