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bedrock
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BEDROCK
1
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests <my religious faith is the bedrock of my life>
Synonyms basis, bedrock, bottom, cornerstone, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, keystone, root, underpinning, warp, warp and woof
Related Words anchorage, bed, brace, bulwark, buttress, framework, infrastructure, mount, prop, shore, stay, substratum, substructure, support; assumption, justification, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, rationale, supposition, theory, thesis, warrant; backbone, center, core, cornerstone, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, keystone, nucleus, seat; essence, quintessence, soul, touchstone
2
the lowest point or level <knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies>
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