elements

The word “elements” has 3 syllables: el-e-ments

It's pronounced as /ˈɛlɪmənts/


What is synonym and antonym for elements?

In the thesaurus, “elements” has 65 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for elements along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for elements

  • ABCs
  • accidence
  • alphabet
  • axiom
  • bare bones
  • basics
  • basis
  • bedrock
  • beginnings
  • belief
  • bit
  • brass tacks
  • canon
  • characters
  • climate
  • clime
  • cornerstone
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • essentials
  • faith
  • first principles
  • first steps
  • foundation
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • groundwork
  • guts
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • ideograph
  • keystone
  • law
  • linguistics
  • little
  • modicum
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • nitty-gritty
  • nuts and bolts
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • precept
  • principles
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • rune
  • sentence structure
  • signs
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • standard
  • stratification
  • structure
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tad
  • tagmemics
  • tenet
  • theorem
  • underpinning

Antonyms for elements

  • cowardice
  • details
  • fear
  • trivia

Meanings of elements

  • noun
    1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
    2. A small part of the whole.
    3. The sky.
    4. (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
    5. A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
    6. (usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
    7. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
    8. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
    9. One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
    10. Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain.
    11. The basic tenets of an area of knowledge.
    12. The bread and wine of the Eucharist.

Example Sentences

  • The teacher explained the basic elements of chemistry to the students.
  • The building's design combines traditional and modern elements.
  • We need to consider all the elements before making a decision.
  • The artist incorporated various natural elements into her sculpture.
  • The book discussed the key elements of a successful business strategy.

On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elements, such as: ABCs, accidence, alphabet, axiom, bare bones, basics, basis.

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Related Words

ABC

  • alphabet
  • axiom
  • basics
  • basis
  • bedrock
  • belief
  • canon
  • cornerstone
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • elements
  • essentials
  • faith
  • foundation
  • fundamentals
  • grammar
  • groundwork
  • keystone
  • law
  • nitty-gritty
  • philosophy
  • precept
  • principles
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • standard
  • tenet
  • theorem
  • underpinning

ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
  • article
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • authority
  • averment
  • avowal
  • axiom
  • background
  • bare bones
  • basal
  • base
  • basic
  • basics
  • basis
  • beacon
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • beginning
  • beginnings
  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • brief
  • bulletin
  • burden
  • canon
  • cap
  • capital
  • case
  • catalog
  • center
  • chapter and verse
  • character
  • characterization
  • characters
  • charge
  • chronicle
  • circumstance
  • circumstantiality
  • clear
  • clue
  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
  • communication
  • compendium
  • component
  • condition
  • confession
  • constituent
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corpus
  • count
  • crux
  • cue
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • description
  • design
  • detail
  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
  • effect
  • ejaculation
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • enchiridion
  • essence
  • essential
  • essentiality
  • essentials
  • explanation
  • explication
  • facile
  • fact
  • factor
  • facts of life
  • faith
  • feature
  • fine point
  • fingerprint
  • fire and ice
  • first principles
  • first steps
  • focus
  • foot
  • footing
  • foundation
  • foundational
  • fraction
  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
  • handbook
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
  • introductory
  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • know
  • landmark
  • law
  • linguistics
  • lodestar
  • lowdown
  • majuscule
  • make
  • manifesto
  • manual
  • mark
  • marker
  • marrow
  • mass
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mention
  • minor point
  • minuscule
  • minutia
  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
  • principium
  • principle
  • principles
  • print
  • proclamation
  • profession
  • prop
  • protestation
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • remark
  • report
  • representation
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • run down
  • rundown
  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
  • significance
  • signpost
  • signs
  • simplest
  • simplex
  • simplified
  • sine qua non
  • singularity
  • sketch
  • small letter
  • soul
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • specific
  • specification
  • standard
  • staple
  • statement
  • stay
  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • substance
  • substratal
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sum total
  • summarization
  • summary
  • support
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tab
  • tagmemics
  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • underpinning
  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

bailiwicks

  • ambits
  • amplitudes
  • areas
  • arenas
  • baronies
  • breadths
  • businesses
  • circles
  • compasses
  • confines
  • demesnes
  • departments
  • dimensions
  • disciplines
  • domains
  • elements
  • extents
  • fiefdoms
  • fiefs
  • fields
  • firmaments
  • frontiers
  • fronts
  • games
  • kens
  • kingdoms
  • lines
  • occupations
  • precincts
  • professions
  • provinces
  • pursuits
  • rackets
  • reaches
  • realms
  • scopes
  • specialties
  • spheres
  • studies
  • sub-specialties
  • subfields
  • subjects
  • subspecialties
  • sweeps
  • terrains
  • territories
  • turfs
  • turves
  • vocations
  • walks
  • widths

bare-bones

  • ascetic
  • austere
  • bare
  • barren
  • basic
  • basic facts
  • basics
  • core
  • deficient
  • economical
  • essential elements
  • exiguous
  • frame
  • hand-to-mouth
  • inadequate
  • infertile
  • insufficient
  • lacking
  • least
  • light
  • littlest
  • lowest
  • meager
  • mere
  • minimal
  • niggardly
  • no-frills
  • plain
  • poor
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scarce
  • short
  • skeleton
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slender
  • slight
  • slightest
  • slim
  • small
  • spare
  • sparing
  • sparse
  • spartan
  • sterile
  • stingy
  • thin
  • unadorned
  • undercarriage
  • unembellished
  • unfruitful
  • unproductive
  • wanting

databases

  • articles
  • aspects
  • circumstances
  • components
  • constituents
  • data
  • details
  • elements
  • evidences
  • exhibits
  • facets
  • factors
  • facts
  • information
  • ingredients
  • items
  • knowledges
  • members
  • niceties
  • particularities
  • particulars
  • parts
  • points
  • specifics

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