Nearby Words
basis [bey-sis] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
basis [bey-sis]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical foundation
Synonyms: base, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, rest, resting place, seat, substructure, support
Main Entry: backbone
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spinal column of vertebrate
Synonyms: base, basis, foundation, spine, support, vertebrae, vertebral column
Main Entry: base
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
Example Sentences
  • Earthquakes jolt the land on a regular basis, and volcanoes erupt on occasion.
  • The students and scholars are improving lives on a daily basis.
  • Biology has exactly the same hard-nosed basis as the physical sciences, consisting of the natural laws.
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Main Entry: base
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fundamental part
Synonyms: authority, backbone, basis, chief constituent, core, essence, essential, evidence, foundation, fundamental, groundwork, heart, important part, infrastructure, key, origin, primary element, principal, principle, root, source, underpinning
Main Entry: bed
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: base, foundation
Synonyms: basis, bedrock, bottom, ground, groundwork, rest, seat, substratum, understructure
Main Entry: beginning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: start of an event or action
Synonyms: alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top
Antonyms: completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination
Main Entry: body
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bulk; central portion
Synonyms: assembly, basis, bed, box, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, frame, fuselage, gist, gravamen, groundwork, hull, main part, majority, mass, material, matter, pith, skeleton, staple, substance, substructure, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole
Antonyms: nothing, nothingness
Main Entry: bottom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: foundation
Synonyms: base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, deepest part, depths, floor, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, lowest part, nadir, nether portion, pedestal, pediment, rest, seat, sole, substratum, substructure, support, terra firma, underbelly, underneath, underside
Antonyms: top
Main Entry: bottom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: base, core
Synonyms: basis, bottom line, cause, essence, essentiality, ground, heart, mainspring, marrow, origin, pith, principle, quintessence, root, soul, source, stuff, substance, virtuality
Antonyms: exteriority, outside
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