Synonyms 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

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

   Antonyms:
   superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction

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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"

   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, groundnoun

   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, groundnoun

   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, groundnoun

   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. 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"

   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, groundnoun

   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, 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"

   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. groundnoun

   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, earthnoun

   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. groundnoun

    (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, undercoatverb

    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, groundverb

    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. groundverb

    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. groundverb

    place or put on the ground

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

15. groundverb

    instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

16. ground, strand, run agroundverb

    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 agroundverb

    hit or reach the ground

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

18. groundverb

    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. groundverb

    hit a groundball

    "he grounded to the second baseman"

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

20. groundverb

    hit onto the ground

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

21. prime, ground, undercoatverb

    cover with a primer; apply a primer to

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

    Antonyms:
    figure

22. groundverb

    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, foundverb

    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

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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. groundnoun

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

2. groundnoun

   Synonyms:
   region, territory, country, land, domain

3. groundnoun

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

4. groundnoun

   Synonyms:
   foundation, support, base, basis, groundwork

5. groundnoun

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

6. groundverb

   Synonyms:
   place on the ground

7. groundverb

   Synonyms:
   found, establish, base, fix, set

8. groundverb

   Synonyms:
   run aground, get aground

9. groundverb

   Synonyms:
   peanut, earth-nut (arachis hypogæa)

10. groundverb

    Synonyms:
    wild bean (apios tuberosa)

11. groundverb

    Synonyms:
    dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia or panax trifolium)

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1. groundnoun

   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 for "ground":

   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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1. Jon Greenbaum:

   The whole idea of this team was, what you're what you're able to do is, you're able to hit the ground running, probably in a way that's been unprecedented, in terms of the people that are in these positions.

2. Julie Murray:

   For a case that’s 18 years old, to have an active, ongoing ground search this far along in what is considered a cold case is everything that we could have hoped for.

3. Gary Arndt:

   Many archeology and paleontology sites are often disappointing, because the things that made them famous have been dug out of the ground and are now in museums. it is by far the most ambitious World Heritage site I've visited.

4. David Letterman:

   We were in some helicopters. What we didn’t know was, we were north of the invasion. We were the northernmost Americans in Iraq, we were going to drop some bridge portions across the Euphrates so the Third Infantry could cross on them. Two of the four helicopters were hit, by ground fire, including the one I was in, RPG and AK-47.

5. Elizabeth Bordiga:

   When I was on the ground, I looked to the right and saw flames, i couldn't believe it.