Basic may be:

• BASIC (programming language)
• Basic (chemistry), the opposite to acidic, reacting with acids to form salts
• Basic access authentication in HTTP
• Basic (cigarette), owned by the Altria Group (Philip Morris Company)
• Basic (dance move), the name of the basic dance step in many dances
  • Lindy Basic (dance move), in Lindy Hop
• Basic English
• Basic (geology), of rock: containing between 45–52% of silica
• Basic (movie), 2003 movie starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson
• Basic (Star Wars), the common interstellar language in the Star Wars universe
• Basic Training or Recruit training is training received by military personnel when first entering service
• Basic is also used as the name for whatever common tongue is usually used between species in many science fiction works
• Basic is a name used to describe the level of certification for an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
• Basic Replay, a record label
• Basic (album), a 1984 album by Robert Quine and Fred Maher (1996 on CD)