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Synonyms for well-founded

  • adjective

Most common

legitimate well-grounded reasonable sensible

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Well-grounded — based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement

well-grounded, legitimate

2. Reasonable

reasonable, sensible, tenable

Antonyms

ill-founded, groundless, baseless

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.

  2. adj. 2

    Properly substantiated.

Related words

Is a kind of
founded
Other spellings
wellfounded

Example sentences

  • legitimate Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?
  • reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
  • sensible A sensible person wouldn't speak to you like that.

By length

7 letters
tenable3
8 letters
sensible3
10 letters
reasonable4, legitimate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenable3 = 3 syllables).