Synonyms for ground
graʊnd

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1. land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma(noun)

   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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

2. reason, ground(noun)

   a rational motive for a belief or action

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

3. earth, ground(noun)

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

   "they dug into the earth outside the church"

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

4. footing, basis, ground(noun)

   a relation that provides the foundation for something

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

5. ground(noun)

   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"

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

   Antonyms:
   figure

6. background, ground(noun)

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

   "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

7. land, ground, soil(noun)

   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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

8. ground(noun)

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

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

   Antonyms:
   figure

9. ground, earth(noun)

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   figure

10. ground(noun)

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

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

11. flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat(verb)

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

    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

    Antonyms:
    figure

12. anchor, ground(verb)

    fix firmly and stably

    "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

13. ground(verb)

    confine or restrict to the ground

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

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

14. ground(verb)

    place or put on the ground

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

15. ground(verb)

    instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

16. ground, strand, run aground(verb)

    bring to the ground

    "the storm grounded the ship"

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

17. ground, run aground(verb)

    hit or reach the ground

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

18. ground(verb)

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

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

19. ground(verb)

    hit a groundball

    "he grounded to the second baseman"

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

20. ground(verb)

    hit onto the ground

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

21. prime, ground, undercoat(verb)

    cover with a primer; apply a primer to

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

22. ground(verb)

    connect to a ground

    "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

23. establish, base, ground, found(verb)

    use as a basis for; found on

    "base a claim on some observation"

    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

    Antonyms:
    figure

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ground(n)

   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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ground(n)

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

   Antonyms:
   superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ground(n.)

   Synonyms:
   soil, earth, clod, turf, sod, loam, mould, surface of land

2. ground(n.)

   Synonyms:
   region, territory, country, land, domain

3. ground(n.)

   Synonyms:
   estate, acres, field, real property, landed estate

4. ground(n.)

   Synonyms:
   foundation, support, base, basis, groundwork

5. ground(n.)

   Synonyms:
   motive, consideration, reason, cause, inducement, account

6. ground(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   place on the ground

7. ground(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   found, establish, base, fix, set

8. ground(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   run aground, get aground

9. ground(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   peanut, earth-nut (arachis hypogæa)

10. ground(v. n.)

    Synonyms:
    wild bean (apios tuberosa)

11. ground(v. n.)

    Synonyms:
    dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia or panax trifolium)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ground(n)

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

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1. List of paraphrases:

   field, soil, land, terrestrial, terrain, earth, sol, ground-based, land-based, underground, reason, mass, floor, berri, masa, haché, basis, destruction, motif, estate, field, groundwork, motive, terra, grounding, situ, sun, surface, wild, soils, loco, spot, area, territory, veld, land-mines, overland, land-, place, subsurface, birri

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How to use ground in a sentence?

1. Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III:

   We're hoping he can hit the ground running here.

2. Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

   There are things I could have handled on the ground much better, these are sensitive environments, there are very emotional environments; prime ministers are flesh and blood too in how they engage with people.

3. Michael Kugelman:

   The administration could essentially say (after the review) that the conditions have not improved on the ground, so what is the reason to stay.

4. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan:

   It was a big bang, like an explosion. It was big enough for everyone to hear and go look what happened. There was smoke and when I went over I saw people on the ground, one of the guys was run over, his leg was bent a funny way. we are fortunate that we had a firefighter on detail there.

5. Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee:

   This is having a tangible effect on the Iraqi army's ability to take and hold ground from Daesh, it makes sense to continue doing something that adds value to the likelihood of Iraqi peace and security in the future, and to amend our mission to meet the changing environment in Iraq.

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