Antonyms for ground
graʊndground

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1. groundnoun

   While the cause of any event, act, or fact, as commonly understood, is the power that makes it to be, the reason of or for it is the explanation given by the human mind; but reason is, in popular language, often used as equivalent to cause, especially in the sense of final cause. In the statement of any reasoning, the argument may be an entire syllogism, or the premises considered together apart from the conclusion, or in logical strictness the middle term only by which the particular conclusion is connected with the general statement. But when the reasoning is not in strict logical form, the middle term following the conclusion is called the reason; thus in the statement "All tyrants deserve death; Cæsar was a tyrant; Therefore Cæsar deserved death," "Cæsar was a tyrant" would in the strictest sense be called the argument; but if we say "Cæsar deserved death because he was a tyrant," the latter clause would be termed the reason. Compare CAUSE; REASON, v.; MIND; REASONING.

   Synonyms:
   account, aim, argument, cause, consideration, design, end, end, motive, object, principle, purpose, reason, reason

   Preposition:
   The reason of a thing that is to be explained; the reason for a thing that is to be done.

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1. groundnoun

   Antonyms:
   superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction

   Synonyms:
   basis, foundation, premise, reason, cause, account, plea

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Baseball
   • Confine
   • Connect
   • Football
   • Foundation
   • Hit
   • Instruct
   • Material
   • Military Position
   • Object
   • Paint
   • Percept
   • Place
   • Rational Motive
   • Secure
   • Surface
   • Throw
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1. land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firmanoun

   the solid part of the earth's surface

   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   primer, land, background, body politic, soil, commonwealth, terra firma, estate, dry land, reason, country, basis, farming, res publica, acres, solid ground, state, demesne, earth, globe, undercoat, priming, kingdom, footing, world, realm, landed estate, priming coat, nation, domain, flat coat, worldly concern, primer coat, earthly concern

2. reason, groundnoun

   a rational motive for a belief or action

   "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   priming coat, intellect, primer, cause, background, reasonableness, undercoat, basis, grounds, solid ground, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, priming, soil, reason, rationality, flat coat, understanding, earth, terra firma

3. earth, groundnoun

   the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

   "they dug into the earth outside the church"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   world, primer, earthly concern, terra firma, globe, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, worldly concern, footing, land, reason, soil, background, priming, priming coat, primer coat, earth, flat coat

4. footing, basis, groundnoun

   a relation that provides the foundation for something

   "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   foundation, terms, primer, background, base, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, groundwork, primer coat, footing, land, priming, soil, reason, flat coat, priming coat, fundament, cornerstone, earth, terra firma, foothold

5. groundnoun

   a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

   "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   priming coat, dry land, primer coat, terra firma, earth, priming, primer, basis, reason, undercoat, soil, background, solid ground, footing, land, flat coat

6. background, groundnoun

   the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

   "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   screen background, setting, priming coat, primer, background signal, soil, background, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, priming, backcloth, background knowledge, scope, reason, flat coat, backdrop, desktop, earth, terra firma

7. land, ground, soilnoun

   material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

   "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   primer, land, background, body politic, territory, soil, undercoat, terra firma, estate, dry land, reason, country, basis, grease, farming, res publica, acres, solid ground, state, demesne, earth, grime, priming, kingdom, footing, realm, dirt, landed estate, commonwealth, priming coat, nation, filth, grunge, domain, flat coat, stain, primer coat

8. groundnoun

   a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   priming coat, dry land, primer coat, terra firma, earth, priming, primer, basis, reason, undercoat, soil, background, solid ground, footing, land, flat coat

9. ground, earthnoun

   a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

   Antonyms:
   figure

   Synonyms:
   world, primer, earthly concern, terra firma, globe, worldly concern, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, reason, soil, background, priming, priming coat, earth, flat coat

10. groundnoun

    (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    priming coat, dry land, primer coat, terra firma, earth, priming, primer, basis, reason, undercoat, soil, background, solid ground, footing, land, flat coat

11. flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoatverb

    the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    underfur, primer, terra firma, background, fuze, undercoat, basis, solid ground, fuzee, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, underseal, fusee, soil, reason, priming, priming coat, earth, fuse, flat coat

12. anchor, groundverb

    fix firmly and stably

    "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, cast anchor, strand, undercoat, drop anchor, found, establish, anchor

13. groundverb

    confine or restrict to the ground

    "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

14. groundverb

    place or put on the ground

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

15. groundverb

    instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

16. ground, strand, run agroundverb

    bring to the ground

    "the storm grounded the ship"

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, maroon, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

17. ground, run agroundverb

    hit or reach the ground

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

18. groundverb

    throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

19. groundverb

    hit a groundball

    "he grounded to the second baseman"

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

20. groundverb

    hit onto the ground

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

21. prime, ground, undercoatverb

    cover with a primer; apply a primer to

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, establish, strand, undercoat, run aground, found, anchor

22. groundverb

    connect to a ground

    "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    prime, base, run aground, strand, undercoat, found, establish, anchor

23. establish, base, ground, foundverb

    use as a basis for; found on

    "base a claim on some observation"

    Antonyms:
    figure

    Synonyms:
    demonstrate, set up, install, strand, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, establish, prime, anchor, make, show, constitute

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1. groundnoun

   Synonyms:
   soil, earth, dirt, clod, loam, mould, clay, land, premise, reason, consideration, motive, inducement, reason, terra-firma

How to use ground in a sentence?

1. Stephan Brown:

   We still have a ways to go, douglas C-47's probably going to take a million dollars -- a million and a half dollars -- to totally get this airplane rebuilt from the ground up so Douglas C-47 can last for 75 or 100 more years.

2. Neerja Chowdhury:

   Anyone who heard Modi's speech last year believed that he will bring some key fundamental changes and break new ground, it just did not feel that you were listening to the same Modi.

3. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   So our efforts now are devoted to providing their ground forces with the equipment, the training and to try to encourage their will to fight, so that our campaign enabling them can be successful both in defeating ISIL and keeping ISIL defeated in a sustained way.

4. Christiana Figueres:

   Tesla is certainly opening up very, very new ground but Tesla, as we all know, is not exactly the peoples' vehicle.

5. Secretary Pompeo:

   I'm very hopeful we can get a good resolution when the vice president and I travel later today and are on the ground there maybe 24 hours from now.

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