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foundation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FOUNDATION
1
a public organization with a particular purpose or function <donated to a foundation that supported cancer research>
2
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests <she had a good enough foundation in math to pursue an economics degree>
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
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