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| Main Entry: |
base
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
| Synonyms: | basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, pedestal, rest, root, seat, seating, stand, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning |
| Antonyms: | top |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters |
| Synonyms: | camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal |
| Antonyms: | annex, branch |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
| Synonyms: | construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
Example Sentences
- He bases his stories around actual subjects with the writer's license to fill the fictional plots.
- The missiles were often displayed in public squares for a while before heading out to the bases.
- She was already a known artist and she spent her time in service traveling to different military bases and singing for soldiers.
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical foundation |
| Synonyms: | base, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, rest, resting place, seat, substructure, support |
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
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| Concept: | Base. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard; bedrock, hardpan [U.S.]; foundation (support); substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck; footing, ground work, basis; hold, bilge., bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root; centerboard.
-adjectives
bottom, undermost, nethermost; fundamental; founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.
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| Antonyms: | summit |
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| Main Entry: | abode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or place where one resides |
| Synonyms: | address, apartment, base, casa, co-op, condo, crash pad, crib*, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, flat, flop, habitat, haunt, headquarters, hearth, hole*, home, homestead, house, joint*, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roost, sanctuary, seat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | backbone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spinal column of vertebrate |
| Synonyms: | base, basis, foundation, spine, support, vertebrae, vertebral column |
| Main Entry: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, foundation |
| Synonyms: | basis, bedrock, bottom, ground, groundwork, rest, seat, substratum, understructure |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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