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/ˈɹuːdɪmənt/ · noun
(often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning..
We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
The very emphasis on reading readiness and on the methods employed to teach children the rudiments of reading has meant that the other, the higher, levels of reading have tended to be slighted.
I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.
The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.
Show me your rudiments.
Use rudiment when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rudiment means (often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning..
Common synonyms include first principle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
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