Rudimentary means basic, or at a very early stage. The test should be easy: it requires only a rudimentary understanding of the materials. The word rude means simple or offensive — and people with only rudimentary understanding of good manners might not know how that belching is rude.

What is the rudimentary meaning?

1 : consisting in first principles : fundamental had only a rudimentary formal education— D. J. Boorstin. 2 : of a primitive kind the equipment of these past empire-builders was rudimentary— A. J. Toynbee. 3 : very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige the rudimentary tail of a hyrax.

What type of word is rudimentary?

What type of word is rudimentary? As detailed above, 'rudimentary' is an adjective. Adjective usage: I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.