| 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 |
| Main Entry: | basement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room on lower floor of building |
Synonyms: |
bottom, cellar, crypt, excavation, furnace room, storage, substructure, subterranean room, underbuilding, understructure, vault |
| Notes: | a cellar is a storage place, usually underground, for foodstuffs etc; basement is the lowest story of a building, part or wholly below ground level |
Antonyms: |
attic |
| 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: | 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: | footing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation, basis |
Synonyms: |
basement, bedrock, bottom, establishment, foot, foothold, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, installation, resting place, seat, seating, settlement, substratum, substructure, underpinning, understructure, warrant |
| Main Entry: | foundation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis for something physical or mental |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, authority, base, basics, bed, bedrock, bottom, bottom line, brass tacks, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, guts*, heart*, infrastructure, justification, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, prop, reason, root, stay, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning, understructure |
| Main Entry: | pedestal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for something |
Synonyms: |
base, bed, bottom, foot, foundation, mounting, platform, plinth, podium, stand, substructure, support |
| Main Entry: | preparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, readiness |
Synonyms: |
alertness, anticipation, arrangement, background, base, basis, build-up, construction, dry run, education, establishment, evolution, expectation, fitting, foresight, formation, foundation, gestation, getting ready, groundwork, homework, incubation, lead time, making ready, manufacture, measure, plan, precaution, preparedness, preparing, provision, putting in order, qualification, readying, rehearsal, rundown, safeguard, schoolwork, study, substructure, training, tryout, workout |
Antonyms: |
unreadiness |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that holds up structure |
Synonyms: |
abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning |