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Synonyms for base

  • adjective
  • noun
  • verb

Most common

mean wrong low inferior lowly common base-born little

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Mean — morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly

mean, wrong, low, inferior, ignoble, bad, cheap, paltry, slavish, mid, dirty, shabby, plebeian, low-minded, abject, miserable, worthless, pitiful, vile, sorry, poor, dark

2. Lowly — of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common

lowly, common, low-born

3. Spurious — of illegitimate birth; bastard

base-born, spurious, degenerate

4. Little — low in height; short

little, short

Other

humble, basal, counterfeit, low-lying, simple dated

Noun

1. Foundation — foundation, a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform

foundation, basis, ground-work, support, bottom, foot, substructure, corner-stone, fundament

2. Pedestal

pedestal, station, stand, plinth

3. Root

stem, radical, theme, root slang

4. Political base — A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office

political base, electoral base

Other

home, range, alkali, seat formal, infrastructure, fort, column, bag, radix, nucleotide, floor informal dated

Verb

1. Ground

ground, found, establish

Other

build, crack

Antonyms

noble, desirable, lion-hearted

All antonyms of base →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Low in height; short.

  2. adj. 2

    Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

  3. n. 1

    Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.

  4. v. 1

    To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

Related words

Word family
basal baseball baseless baseline basely baseman basement baseperson
Phrases
base over apex base form base on home base touch base fan base base class base on balls

Forms

Plural
bases → foundations, ground-works, supports, bottoms…
Past participle
based
e.g. based → grounded, founded, established, built…

Choose the right word

Base, Animal, Brute or Vile?

Any supremacy of the animal or brute instincts over the intellectual and spiritual in man is base and vile.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • mid These tire tracks were made by a mid-size vehicle.
  • basal I'm keeping a record of basal body temperature.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
basefalling
midrising
basalfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bad1, low1, mid1, bag1
4 letters
home1, mean1, poor1, dark1, foot1, seat1, fort1, root1, stem1, vile1
5 letters
found1, wrong1, short1, sorry2, stand1, range1, build1, floor1, basis2, cheap1, theme1, dirty2, crack1, basal2
6 letters
little2, common2, ground1, simple2, bottom2, column2, humble2, shabby2, abject2, paltry2, alkali3, plinth1
7 letters
support2, station2, radical3, pitiful3, ignoble3, slavish2
8 letters
inferior4, pedestal3, spurious3, plebeian3
9 letters
establish3, miserable4, worthless2, fundament
10 letters
foundation3, degenerate4, nucleotide4
11 letters
counterfeit3
12 letters
substructure
14 letters
infrastructure4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).