All foundation synonyms
founΒ·daΒ·tion
F f noun foundation
- infrastructure β the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- groundwork β foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- authority β The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- bedrock β The bedrock of something is the principles, ideas, or facts on which it is based.
- institute β to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- corporation β A corporation is a large business or company.
- company β A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- society β an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- organization β the act or process of organizing.
- association β An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
- charity β A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick, very poor, or who have a disability.
- heart β 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.
- footing β the basis or foundation on which anything is established.
- justification β a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- bottom β The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- nitty-gritty β the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
- root β Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ΛΙl ΙΛhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845β1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- guts β the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- bed β 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.
- prop β to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- substratum β something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
- reason β a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- basics β The basics of something are its simplest, most important elements, ideas, or principles, in contrast to more complicated or detailed ones.
- foot β (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- nub β the point, gist, or heart of something.
- ground β the act of grinding.
- substructure β a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
- understructure β a structure serving as a support; a base or foundation: The building has a strong understructure.
- plantation β a town in S Florida.
- inauguration β an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- settlement β the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- guild β an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.
- trusteeship β Law. the office or function of a trustee.
- basis β If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- grounds β the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- substance β that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- establishment β The action of establishing something or being established.
- institution β an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
- organisation β the act or process of organizing.
- endowment β The action of endowing something or someone.
- bottom line β The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- brass tacks β basic realities; hard facts (esp in the phrase get down to brass tacks)
- nuts and bolts β the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- underpinning β a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- set-up β Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
adjective foundation
- preparatory β serving or designed to prepare: preparatory arrangements.
types of foundation
- cosmetics β beauty preparations; make-up