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Definition of elemental : 1. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
2. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.

Synonyms:

ultimate, chief, surface, inbred, inborn, constitutional, principal, connatural, indigenous, master, main, primitive, innate, natural, native, be, indwelling, start, uncomplicated, unproblematic, underlying, congenital

fractional, member, constituent, segmentary, ingredient, featured, factoring, sectional, fragmentary, part

basic, irreducible, blameless, angelic, primal, pure, aboriginal, immaculate, formative, primary, undiluted, purebred, basal, honorable, elementary, unadulterated, spotless, uncluttered, innocent, unsullied, undefiled, unblemished, essential, sinless, guiltless, simon-pure, stainless, monolithic, prime, nascent, faultless, austere, clear, stark, unadorned, white, unalloyed, virtuous, chaste, bare, decent, clean, atomic, untarnished, untainted, plain, indivisible, foundational, fundamental, simple

entire, integral, cohesive, solid, undivided, integrated, congruous, intact, uniform, coincident, holistic, same, unified, congruent, single, united, complete, coherent, homogeneous

deep down, central, inwoven, ingrained, intrinsic, inherent, component, inseparable, implicit, built-in, unalienable

Usage examples:

• There would always be the official historians of literature to take account of them as new, perplexing, elemental forces. - "Renée Mauperin", Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt.
• The air was full of heartfelt grunts and sounds as of some one beating a rag carpet, and the language which floated to us was- well, elemental, to say the least. - "Fore!", Charles Emmett Van Loan.
• There surely must be such forces in himself, an elemental manhood which must justify itself. - "Masterman and Son", W. J. Dawson.