Synonyms for grounds
grounds

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

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, 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, 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, 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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. groundsnoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   settlings, sediment, dregs, precipitate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "grounds":

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

How to pronounce grounds?

How to say grounds in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use grounds in a sentence?

1. Phil Robertson:

   They set out the potential for discrimination on religious grounds and pose the possibility for serious communal tension, now that these laws are on the books, the concern is how they are implemented and enforced.

2. Brewster Jamieson:

   This is a recall looking for grounds, not recall-worthy conduct.

3. Ruth Beier:

   The city also points out that Masterpiece Cakeshop – in which a Colorado baker won after being sued for not making a cake for a gay wedding – was decided on narrow grounds due to the outright hostility the civil rights commission in Colorado expressed toward Christianity. There was no such hostility in this case, it said. But the farm's lawyers point to a statement made by East Lansing Mayor Ruth Beier, who was previously a member of the city council, as relevant. A photo of Country Mill Farms, which is in a long-running legal battle with the city of East Lansing. ( ADF) ‘ We do n’t doubt that you're allowed to be a bigot … You can say it on Facebook, you can say ridiculous, horrible, hateful things, what we said is if you actually do discriminate in your business by not allowing same-sex couples to marry on your farm, then we don't want you in East Lansing.

4. James Comey:

   Donald Trump strikes me as a person of above average intelligence who's tracking conversations and knows what's going on. I don't think Donald Trump's medically unfit to be president. I think Donald Trump's morally unfit to be president, a person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person's not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds.

5. Adel Shuja:

   There are negotiations in Cairo between the leaders of the Congress party and diplomats from the United States, Britain and the UAE in order to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Yemen and to lift the siege on the grounds that the continuation of the war and the siege serve extremist groups, these negotiations have made significant progress so far.