| 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: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, foundation |
Synonyms: |
basis, bedrock, bottom, ground, groundwork, rest, seat, substratum, understructure |
| 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: | groundwork |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis, fundamentals |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, background, base, bedrock, cornerstone*, footing, foundation, ground, infrastructure, origin, preliminaries, preparation, root, substratum, underpinning, understructure |
| Main Entry: | fundament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
Synonyms: |
base, basis, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, support, underpinning, understructure |