Synonyms for foundation
faʊnˈdeɪ ʃənfoun·da·tion

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1. foundation

   Synonyms:
   institution, establishment, footing, base, basis, origin, ground, groundwork, rudiments, substratum, underlying principle

   Antonyms:
   disestablishment, superstructure

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1. foundationnoun

   the basis on which something is grounded

   "there is little foundation for his objections"

   Synonyms:
   foot, instauration, introduction, foundation garment, substructure, base, creation, basis, groundwork, understructure, institution, founding, initiation, fundament, origination, innovation, grounding, cornerstone

2. foundationnoun

   an institution supported by an endowment

   Synonyms:
   foot, instauration, introduction, foundation garment, substructure, base, creation, basis, groundwork, understructure, institution, founding, initiation, fundament, origination, innovation, grounding, cornerstone

3. foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructurenoun

   lowest support of a structure

   "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

   Synonyms:
   metrical unit, bottom, foundation garment, founding, tail, groundwork, pes, al-Qaida, instauration, butt, pedestal, substructure, posterior, rear end, infantry, introduction, can, ft, nates, al-Qaeda, theme, basis, innovation, fundament, invertebrate foot, nucleotide, buttocks, prat, radical, root, animal foot, floor, stern, metrical foot, seat, foot, backside, bum, tooshie, grounding, buns, arse, institution, hindquarters, 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, human foot, infrastructure, tush, initiation, al-Qa'ida, creation, bag

4. foundation, groundingnoun

   education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

   "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"

   Synonyms:
   foot, instauration, introduction, foundation garment, substructure, earthing, base, creation, basis, groundwork, understructure, institution, founding, initiation, fundament, origination, innovation, grounding, cornerstone

5. 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, basis, innovation, fundament, nucleotide, 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

6. foundation garment, foundationnoun

   a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

   Synonyms:
   foot, instauration, introduction, foundation garment, substructure, base, creation, basis, groundwork, understructure, institution, founding, initiation, fundament, origination, innovation, grounding, cornerstone

7. initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instaurationnoun

   the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

   "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

   Synonyms:
   cosmos, foundation garment, founding, entry, groundwork, unveiling, instauration, invention, base, substructure, excogitation, introduction, presentation, creative activity, fundament, intro, world, asylum, knowledgeableness, innovation, understructure, conception, universe, trigger, installation, knowledgeability, foot, existence, first appearance, grounding, design, institution, launching, mental home, origination, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, macrocosm, cornerstone, origin, debut, induction, basis, inception, insertion, establishment, mental hospital, initiation, intromission, creation, insane asylum

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1. • Education
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   • Relation
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   • Undergarment

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1. compostionadjective

   the makeup of something, how it started, the ingrediants

   Submitted by anonymous on July 17, 2022  

2. conerstone

   an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based. a stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, joining two walls.

   "a national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy"

   Submitted by Spsserves-nation-spscorp on January 5, 2020  

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1. foundationnoun

   Synonyms:
   basis, base, groundwork, footing, bottom

2. foundationnoun

   Synonyms:
   establishment, settlement

3. foundationnoun

   Synonyms:
   endowment

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1. foundationnoun

   Synonyms:
   substructure, base, groundwork, founding establishment, endowment, grillage

   Antonyms:
   superstructure

   Associated words:
   fundamental, basic, caisson

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1. List of paraphrases for "foundation":

   fondation, basis, fundación, foundations, founding, stichting, stiftung, bases, base, fundação, fondazione, groundwork, fund, bedrock, cornerstone, basic, inception, unf, founded, crrf, institution, mfhr, footing, consortia, acpf, fundamentals, based

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1. Charles Krauthammer:

   This is a guy who’s running as the tough guy, the foundation of his campaign is our negotiators, our president, our administrations are stupid. They’re weak, they get kicked over in negotiations.

2. Charlotte Bronte:

   If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

3. The Guardian:

   It’s easier to give a child an iPad than encouraging them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks, cutting and sticking, or pulling toys and ropes, she noted. Because of this, they’re not developing the underlying foundation skills they need to grip and hold a pencil.

4. Lloyd Alexander:

   Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   No one has asked her yet whether in the criteria that her staff used before destroying the 30,000 emails they decided that the communications about the Clinton Foundation and the contributions of other governments was a private or public issue. I suspect it was all deleted.