Synonyms for basis
ˈbeɪ sɪsba·sis

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1. basisnoun

   Synonyms:
   base

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1. footing, basis, groundnoun

   a relation that provides the foundation for something

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

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

2. basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstonenoun

   the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

   "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

   Synonyms:
   bottom, foundation garment, founding, tail, groundwork, al-Qaida, instauration, butt, pedestal, substructure, posterior, rear end, introduction, can, nates, al-Qaeda, theme, stern, innovation, fundament, nucleotide, foundation, buttocks, prat, radical, root, floor, ground, seat, backside, bum, tooshie, grounding, buns, arse, foot, hindquarters, footing, tail end, behind, origination, understructure, alkali, cornerstone, base, hind end, derriere, rump, ass, home, keister, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, rear, fanny, infrastructure, tush, institution, initiation, al-Qa'ida, creation, bag

3. basis, basenoun

   the most important or necessary part of something

   "the basis of this drink is orange juice"

   Synonyms:
   foundation, foot, ground, bag, radix, stand, al-Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, substructure, theme, radical, base, alkali, home, groundwork, base of operations, understructure, footing, root, infrastructure, al-Qaida, pedestal, fundament, floor, stem, root word, cornerstone, nucleotide

Matched Categories

1. • Assumption
   • Foundation

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1. basisnoun

   Synonyms:
   base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part

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1. basisnoun

   Synonyms:
   foundation

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1. List of paraphrases for "basis":

   base, foundation, based, basic, core, bases, foundations, reason, footing, groundwork, title, bedrock, ground, background, function, accordance, baseline, light, grass-roots, service, virtue, grassroots, database, cornerstone, rationale, grounds, principle, framework, basal, groundless, backbone, way

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1. BASIS

   Synonyms:
   Basel Antiarrhythmic Study of Infarct Survival

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How to use basis in a sentence?

1. David Doniger:

   Basically the automakers have to be living under a lot of uncertainty over the outcome, if I were in their shoes, I would say you don't have a very secure basis for relying on this rule.

2. Giulia Christianson:

   If banks are serious about sustainability and stepping up to address the climate change challenge, we would expect to see a shift in how their sustainable finance commitments compare with their fossil fuel finance, for now, most banks' annualized commitments are considerably less than what they provide to fossil fuels on an annual basis.

3. Greg Taxin:

   It’s probably silly or foolish that they just have n’t satisfied people’s desire to know how the chain of command is working, on the other hand, I presume the CEO of United Airlines goes on vacation on a regular basis, and he’s not around to answer question or make decision and things run just fine.

4. The Archdiocese of Chicago:

   There is no place in American life for discriminatory rhetoric of any kind, at a time when hate crimes are on the rise, when religious believers are murdered in their places of worship, we cannot countenance any speech that dehumanizes persons on the basis of ethnicity, religious belief, economic status or country of origin.

5. Alexis karpouzos:

   The Multiplicity and the Unity are one and the same thing, a thing that is both many and one at the same time. The waves, and the currents underwater, make up the ocean. The ocean is the underlying basis for every wave. Neither the ocean, nor the waves, can be understood in isolation from each other.