Synonyms for substructure
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
Forms
- Plural
- substructures → foundations, bases, fundaments, ground-works…
Example sentences
- foot It takes you an hour to go to the station on foot.
- foundation She lives at the Gorilla Foundation in California.
- fundament "Where's Tom?" "Up his own fundament."
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| substructure | falling | |
| foot | steady | |
| foundation | steady | |
| fundament | steady | |
| understructure | falling | |
| underbuilding | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- base1, foot1
- 9 letters
- fundament
- 10 letters
- foundation3
- 13 letters
- underbuilding
- 14 letters
- infrastructure4, understructure
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (foundation3 = 3 syllables).