elemental
of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple; uncompounded.
pertaining to rudiments or first principles.
starkly simple, primitive, or basic: a spare, elemental prose style; hate, lust, and other elemental emotions.
pertaining to the agencies, forces, or phenomena of physical nature: elemental gods.
comparable to the great forces of nature, as in power or magnitude: elemental grandeur.
of, relating to, or of the nature of the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, or of any one of them.
pertaining to chemical elements.
Origin of elemental
1Other words from elemental
- el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb
- non·el·e·men·tal, adjective
- non·el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb
- post·el·e·men·tal, adjective
- pre·el·e·men·tal, adjective
- sub·el·e·men·tal, adjective
- sub·el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb
- trans·el·e·men·tal, adjective
- un·el·e·men·tal, adjective
- un·el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with elemental
- elemental , elementary
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British Dictionary definitions for elemental
/ (ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəl) /
fundamental; basic; primal: the elemental needs of man
motivated by or symbolic of primitive and powerful natural forces or passions: elemental rites of worship
of or relating to earth, air, water, and fire considered as elements
of or relating to atmospheric forces, esp wind, rain, and cold
of, relating to, or denoting a chemical element
rare a spirit or force that is said to appear in physical form
Derived forms of elemental
- elementally, adverb
- elementalism, noun
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