Definitions

grounded

[groun-did] / ˈgraʊn dɪd /

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aware adj.
cognizant adj.
confined adj.
familiar adj.
initiated adj.
learned adj.
punished adj.
rooted adj.
shipwrecked adj.
stranded adj.
stuck adj.
versant adj.
aground adv.

ADJECTIVE

aware

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alive appreciative apprehensive attentive awake cognizant conscious familiar informed mindful receptive wise

WEAK

acquainted alert appraised apprised au courant cool enlightened go-go groovy heedful hip in the know in the picture into know the score know what's what know-how knowing latched on on the beam on to perceptive plugged in savvy sensible sentient sharp tuned-in up on wise to wised up with it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

heedless ignorant inattentive neglectful unaware unconscious unfamiliar unfriendly uninformed unknowledgeable

WEAK

insensitive

ADJECTIVE

cognizant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apprehensive conscious informed judicious knowledgeable observant

WEAK

acquainted alive au courant awake conversant down with familiar hep to hip to in on in the know in the picture knowing on the beam on to perceptive plugged in savvy sensible sentient tuned-in up on versed wise to with it witting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant indifferent senseless thoughtless unaware uninformed unmindful

WEAK

unfamiliar unknowledgeable unwitting

ADJECTIVE

confined

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circumscribed cramped imprisoned restrained restricted

STRONG

bound chilled compassed cramp detained hampered held hog-tied iced immured incarcerated indisposed invalided jailed pent sick

WEAK

bedfast bedridden bottled-up cooped up flattened out in chains in jail incommodious laid up locked up on ice sealed up shut-in

Antonyms

STRONG

healthy well

WEAK

free liberated unlimited

ADJECTIVE

familiar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acquainted aware conversant

STRONG

savvy versant

WEAK

abreast apprised at home with au courant au fait cognizant conscious in on in the know informed introduced kept posted mindful no stranger to plugged in tuned-in up up on versed in well up in with it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant

WEAK

aloof cold cool distant foreign new reserved strange unacquainted unapproachable uncommon undistinguished unfamiliar unfriendly unknowledgeable unknown unremarkable

ADJECTIVE

initiated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approved drafted instructed introduced passed received

STRONG

accepted acknowledged admitted coached confirmed conscripted inducted installed tutored

WEAK

called up instated made a member of made part of

ADJECTIVE

learned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplished educated scholarly scientific studied well-educated

STRONG

cultivated cultured experienced grave lettered versed

WEAK

abstruse academic bookish brainy conversant deep erudite esoteric expert highbrow in the know intellectual judicious literary literate omniscient pansophic pedantic philosophic philosophical polymath professorial recondite sage sapient sharp skilled solemn solid sound studious well-grounded well-read well-rounded

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uneducated

STRONG

green ignorant immature inexperienced unsophisticated

WEAK

stupid uninformed

ADJECTIVE

punished

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chastened dismissed imprisoned penalized

STRONG

birched castigated chastised confined corrected debarred defrocked executed exiled expelled flogged immured incarcerated lectured reproved scolded sentenced spanked switched whipped

Antonyms

WEAK

cleared exonerated released

ADJECTIVE

rooted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

entrenched fixed

STRONG

established firm

WEAK

based on deep

ADJECTIVE

shipwrecked

Synonyms

STRONG

marooned reefed stranded wrecked

WEAK

cast away

ADJECTIVE

stranded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aground ashore helpless wrecked

STRONG

beached shipwrecked sidelined sidetracked

WEAK

cast away godforsaken high and dry homeless left at the altar left in the lurch out in left field passed up penniless run aground

Antonyms

WEAK

found

ADJECTIVE

stuck

Synonyms

STRONG

lost

WEAK

high and dry

ADJECTIVE

versant

Synonyms

STRONG

savvy versed

WEAK

abreast acquainted apprised at home with au courant au fait aware cognizant conscious conversant in on in the know informed introduced kept posted mindful no stranger to plugged in tuned-in up up on versed in well up in with it

ADVERB

aground

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ashore marooned stranded wrecked

WEAK

beached disabled foundered high and dry reefed shipwrecked stuck swamped

Antonyms

WEAK

afloat

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grounded

The U.S. military has grounded its Apache helicopters after two soldiers were killed near Fort Hood, Texas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

But Shohei Ohtani grounded into a double play against Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Winder wanted to take their 10-year-old brother Moissés, but he was grounded.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Neither of those assertions is grounded in scientific fact, and both have negative ramifications for women and children if they are followed.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Rivera didn’t say anything to that, and I wondered whether she believed my mom or whether knowing that I’d been grounded had somehow ruined her image of me.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

grounded

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