All basis synonyms

noun basis

• action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• footing — the basis or foundation on which anything is established.
• base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
• theory — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
• fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
• reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
• principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
• premise — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
• security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
• proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
• bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
• groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
• bed — A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE.
• seat — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• foot — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
• substructure — a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
• heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
• dictum — A dictum is a formal statement made by someone who has authority.
• rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
• backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
• authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
• sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
• presumption — the act of presuming.
• nexus — a means of connection; tie; link.
• source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
• keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
• bedrock — The bedrock of something is the principles, ideas, or facts on which it is based.
• theorem — Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
• postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
• warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
• axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
• core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
• keynote — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
• infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
• backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
• substratum — something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
• crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
• law — software law
• data — You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.
• antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
• center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.