| Main Entry: | underpinning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporting structure |
Synonyms: |
base, basis, foundation, groundwork, reinforcement, support |
| Main Entry: | underpinning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis |
Synonyms: |
base, foundation, ground, groundwork, substructure, support |
| Main Entry: | underpin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | base |
Synonyms: |
build, construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant*, predicate, prop, rest, root, 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, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning |
Antonyms: |
top |
| 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: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
Synonyms: |
arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay, stirrup, strengthener, strut, sustainer, truss, underpinning, vice |
| Main Entry: | buttress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brace, support |
Synonyms: |
abutment, column, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | column |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillar |
Synonyms: |
brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright |
| Main Entry: | confirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ratify, validate, prove |
Synonyms: |
affirm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, bear out, bless, buy, certify, check, check out, circumstantiate, corroborate, debunk, double-check, endorse, establish, explain, give green light, give high sign, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the nod, justify, lap up, make good, make sure, okay, rubber-stamp, sanction, settle, sign, sign off on, size up, subscribe, substantiate, support, thumbs up, underpin, uphold, verify, vouch, warrant, witness |
| Notes: | corroborate is used in a narrower context, usually by way of providing support for testimony in a legal proceeding; confirm is to lend support to a much wider array of things |
Antonyms: |
annul, cancel, contradict, destroy, disprove, invalidate, oppose, veto, void |