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| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| 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 |
| 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, support, underpinning, substratum, substructure |
| Antonyms: | top |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fundamental part |
| Synonyms: | authority, backbone, basis, core, essence, essential, evidence, foundation, fundamental, groundwork, heart, infrastructure, key, origin, principal, principle, root, source, underpinning, chief constituent, important part, primary element |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters |
| Synonyms: | camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, station, strip, terminal, starting point |
| Antonyms: | annex, branch |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard; bedrock, hardpan [U.S.]; foundation (support) [more]; 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 |
| Main Entry: | abject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless and downtrodden |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, dishonorable, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hangdog, humiliated, low, miserable, outcast, servile, submissive, worthless, wretched, pitiable |
| Antonyms: | commendable, exalted, excellent, magnificent, noble, proud, worthy |
| Main Entry: | abode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or place where one resides |
| Synonyms: | address, apartment, base, crash pad*, crib*, den, domicile, dwelling, flat, flop*, habitat, haunt, headquarters, hearth, hole*, home, house, joint*, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roost*, sanctuary, seat, casa, co-op, condo, digs, homestead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched, grody, horrid |
| Antonyms: | alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | base, embed, establish, fix, found, implant, insert, set up, settle |
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowest; fundamental |
| Synonyms: | basal, base, basement, basic, ground, last, lowest, primary, radical, underlying, foundational, lowermost, meat-and-potatoes, nethermost, rock-bottom, undermost |
| Antonyms: | highest, top, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | churlish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, boorish |
| Synonyms: | base, blunt, brusque, cantankerous*, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, dour, grouchy, gruff, grumpy, harsh, ill-tempered, impolite, loutish, mean, miserly, morose, oafish, ornery*, rude, rustic, snippy*, sullen, surly, touchy*, ugly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultured, unmannerly, unpolished, unsociable, vulgar, cloddish, clodhopping, crabbed, cussed, lowbred, unneighborly |
| Antonyms: | gentle, nice, pleasant, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, shameful |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, degenerate, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiful, poor, sad, shabby, sordid, sorry*, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, currish, despisable, low-down*, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, swinish |
| Notes: | contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order' |
| Antonyms: | admirable, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy, admired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midst, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot, main idea, midpoint, nitty gritty |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, outside, perimeter, surface, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cornerstone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vital element |
| Synonyms: | anchor, base, essential, foundation, keystone, mainstay, pillar, key element, linchpin, main ingredient, mainspring |
| Main Entry: | cowardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, craven, dastardly, diffident, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, jittery, lily-livered*, nervous, paper tiger*, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless*, timid, timorous, weak, worthless, yellow*, chicken-hearted, cowering, cowhearted, dismayed, having the willies, lacking courage, no guts, panicky, pigeonhearted, running scared, weak-kneed, yellow-bellied |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dastardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, cowardly, craven, despicable, low, mean, pusillanimous, underhanded, vile |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, retrograde, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, wicked, worsen, degenerated, demeaned, flatitious, overripe, retrogressive, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | depot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place; station |
| Synonyms: | annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, office, repository, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, waiting room, warehouse, yard, halting-place, stopping-place, terminus |
| Main Entry: | depraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, immoral |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, profligate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, wanton, wicked, dirty-minded, flagitous, gone to the dogs, vitiated, warped |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, upright, virtuous, uncorrupt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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