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ground
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of GROUND
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grounds pl the area around and belonging to a building <an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds>
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grounds pl something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing <your dislike of her tattoos would be insufficient grounds for firing her>
Related Words antecedent, cause, consideration, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, occasion, stimulus
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a small area of usually open land <I'll meet you at the parade ground in two hours>
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an immaterial thing upon which something else rests <opposed to the notion that religious law should be used as a ground for civil law>
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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the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow <stuck the shovel in the ground and went inside for a glass of water>
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the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed <take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes>
Related Words mise-en-scène, scene, scenery, set, stage; entourage, environment, milieu, setting, surroundings
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the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air <one of the Nordic creation myths states that the ground was formed by the body of the giant Ymir when he was killed by Odin and his brothers>
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