| 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: | based |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | located |
Synonyms: |
established, occupying, placed, planted, positioned, situated, stationed |
| Concept: | Base. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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-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: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
Synonyms: |
base, embed, establish, fix, found, implant, insert, set up, settle |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, found |
Synonyms: |
base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
Antonyms: |
destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
Synonyms: |
authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling, station, stick |
Antonyms: |
destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authenticate; demonstrate |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, authorize, base, certify, circumstantiate, confirm, constitute, corroborate, decree, determine, disambiguate, discover, enact, find out, formulate, learn, legislate, make, make out, predicate, prescribe, prove, ratify, rest, show, stay, substantiate, validate, verify |
Antonyms: |
confuse, disprove, invalidate |
| Main Entry: | humiliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass, put down |
Synonyms: |
abase, abash, base, bemean, blister, break, bring down, bring low, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, cut down to size, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, make a fool of, make ashamed, mortify, pan, play down, put out of countenance, put to shame, rip*, run down, shame, shoot down, slam*, smear, snub, squash, subdue, take down a peg, take down, tear down, vanquish, wither |
Antonyms: |
build up, elevate, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | located |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | situated |
Synonyms: |
based, occupying, placed, positioned, posted, stationed |
| Main Entry: | model |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form, shape |
Synonyms: |
base, carve, cast, create, design, fashion, mold, pattern, plan, sculpt |