Core
Core noun - The seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions.
Elementary and core are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Elementary" instead an adjective "Core".
Nearby Words: cored, coring
Elementary
Elementary adjective - Of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject.
Core and elementary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Core" instead an adjective "Elementary".
Both words in one sentence
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When Kates partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, somethings got to give.
Source: Film / Smashed -
Ichinensei Ni Nacchattara has this as part of its core concept, with main character Iori going from high school to elementary school, and getting gender-bent in the process.
Source: Fountain of Youth - A Soviet elementary school teacher, in preparation for the celebration of the anniversary of the Revolution, asks the children whether any of their relatives knew anyone of the Bolshevik 'Old Guard' (of core members during the Civil War).
Source: Russian Humour
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Elementary and Core. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/elementary
Core & Elementary. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/elementary>.
Elementary or Core. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/elementary.
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