Synonyms for Grounds
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1. evidence, groundsnoun

   your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

   "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, grounds, reason, cause, evidence

2. yard, grounds, curtilagenoun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

   "it was a small house with almost no yard"

   Synonyms:
   reason, cause, cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, yard, evidence, grand

3. groundsnoun

   a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

4. cause, reason, groundsnoun

   a justification for something existing or happening

   "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

   Synonyms:
   ground, suit, intellect, causal agency, yard, crusade, drive, effort, causa, evidence, case, campaign, reasonableness, movement, curtilage, reason, rationality, grounds, lawsuit, understanding, cause, causal agent

5. groundsnoun

   dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

   "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

Matched Categories

1. • Dregs
   • Field
   • Information
   • Justification
   • Tract

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1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   lees, dregs, sediment, grouts, precipitate, settlings

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1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   settlings, sediment, dregs, precipitate

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1. List of paraphrases for "grounds":

   reasons, motives, motifs, reason, memorandum, causes, bases, foundations, rationale, justification, considerations, motivations, justifications, subjects, arguments, basis

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How to use Grounds in a sentence?

1. President Ashraf Ghani:

   The grounds for peace have never been better in the last 36 years. Our approach is productive. We're hopeful, but categorical answers in a peace process are dangerous.

2. Dmitry Peskov:

   There are no grounds for a real default, not even close.

3. Darrell Issa:

   In return for not having pre-existing conditions not be grounds for refusal or high pay, we're going to have to say to people, 'You've got to continuously be fiscally responsible, if you're choosing a lifestyle where you're saying, 'I can afford everything except healthcare ... '.

4. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   This could be the last snowstorm the D.C. area gets this winter, children sledding on the grounds pose no security threat.

5. Kevin Ortiz:

   The ads do not violate our content-neutral ad standards ?and thus we have no grounds to reject them, unlike Fox, the MTA is a government agency and can't accept or reject ads based on how we feel about them; we have to follow the standards approved by our board.