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Synonyms of element in English:

element


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noun

1‘village shops are an essential element of the local community’

SYNONYMS
component, constituent, part, section, portion, piece, segment, bit
factor, feature, facet, ingredient, strand, detail, point
member, unit, module, item
essential
rare integrand

2‘there is an element of truth in this stereotype’

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trace, touch, hint, smattering, suspicion, soupçon

3elements‘it is assumed that the reader is familiar with the elements of thermodynamics’

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basics, essentials, principles, first principles
foundations, fundamentals, rudiments
informal nuts and bolts, ABC

4‘Graham was in his element building a fire and cooking the steaks’

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natural environment, favoured environment, familiar territory, territory, habitat, medium, milieu, sphere, field, domain, realm, circle, resort, haunt

5the elements‘having come prepared with an umbrella, I braved the elements’

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the weather, the climate, meteorological conditions, atmospheric conditions, atmospheric forces
the wind, the rain, storms