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Synonyms: base, stand, pedestal Definition: a support or foundation Usage: the base of the lamp

Hypernyms: support Definition: any device that bears the weight of another thing Usage: there was no place to attach supports for a shelf

Synonyms: bag, base Definition: a place that the runner must touch before scoring Usage: he scrambled to get back to the bag

Hypernyms: baseball equipment Definition: equipment used in playing baseball

Synonyms: base Definition: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

Hypernyms: electrode Definition: a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

Synonyms: base, base of operations Definition: installation from which a military force initiates operations Usage: the attack wiped out our forward bases

Hypernyms: military installation Definition: any facility servicing military forces

Synonyms: base Definition: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit Usage: a tub should sit on its own base

Hypernyms: underside, undersurface, bottom Definition: the lower side of anything

Synonyms: base Definition: the principal ingredient of a mixture Usage: glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments; he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green; everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base

Hypernyms: ingredient Definition: a component of a mixture or compound

Synonyms: foot, foundation, fundament, base, understructure, substructure, groundwork Definition: lowest support of a structure Usage: it was built on a base of solid rock; he stood at the foot of the tower

Hypernyms: support Definition: supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation Usage: the statue stood on a marble support

Synonyms: infrastructure, base Definition: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area Usage: the industrial base of Japan

Hypernyms: stock, store, fund Definition: a supply of something available for future use Usage: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Synonyms: foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone, base, basis Definition: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained Usage: the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

Hypernyms: assumption, supposal, supposition Definition: a hypothesis that is taken for granted Usage: any society is built upon certain assumptions

Synonyms: stem, theme, base, root, root word, radical Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed Usage: thematic vowels are part of the stem

Hypernyms: descriptor, word form, form, signifier Definition: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something Usage: the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached

Synonyms: base, floor Definition: a lower limit Usage: the government established a wage floor

Hypernyms: control Definition: the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. Usage: they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls

Synonyms: al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Base, Qaeda Definition: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

Hypernyms: terrorist group, terrorist organization, foreign terrorist organization, FTO Definition: a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals

Synonyms: home, base Definition: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Hypernyms: location Definition: a point or extent in space

Synonyms: base Definition: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment Usage: the base of the skull

Hypernyms: bottom Definition: the lowest part of anything Usage: they started at the bottom of the hill

Synonyms: base Definition: the bottom or lowest part Usage: the base of the mountain

Hypernyms: part, piece Definition: a portion of a natural object Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite

Synonyms: base, radix Definition: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place Usage: 10 is the radix of the decimal system

Hypernyms: number Definition: a concept of quantity involving zero and units Usage: every number has a unique position in the sequence

Synonyms: base, basis Definition: the most important or necessary part of something Usage: the basis of this drink is orange juice

Hypernyms: part, portion, constituent, component, component part Definition: something determined in relation to something that includes it Usage: he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself; I read a portion of the manuscript; the smaller component is hard to reach; the animal constituent of plankton

Synonyms: base Definition: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed Usage: the base of the triangle

Hypernyms: flank Definition: a subfigure consisting of a side of something

Synonyms: base, alkali Definition: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water Usage: bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia

Hypernyms: compound, chemical compound Definition: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

Synonyms: free-base, base Definition: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

Hypernyms: do drugs, drug Definition: use recreational drugs

Synonyms: base Definition: debased; not genuine Usage: an attempt to eliminate the base coinage

Hypernyms: imitative, counterfeit Definition: not genuine; imitating something superior Usage: counterfeit emotion; counterfeit money; counterfeit works of art; a counterfeit prince

Synonyms: base, baseborn Definition: illegitimate

Hypernyms: illegitimate Definition: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

Synonyms: base, mean, meanspirited Definition: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality Usage: that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke; taking a mean advantage; chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort- Shakespeare; something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

Hypernyms: ignoble Definition: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose Usage: something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude; I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Synonyms: lowly, base, baseborn, humble Definition: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) Usage: baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth

Hypernyms: lowborn Definition: of humble birth or origins Usage: a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor

Synonyms: basal, base Definition: serving as or forming a base Usage: the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats

Hypernyms: basic Definition: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis Usage: a basic fact; the basic ingredients; basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities

Synonyms: immoral, base Definition: not adhering to ethical or moral principles Usage: base and unpatriotic motives; a base, degrading way of life; cheating is dishonorable; they considered colonialism immoral; unethical practices in handling public funds

Hypernyms: wrong Definition: contrary to conscience or morality or law Usage: it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor; cheating is wrong; it is wrong to lie