Words Like FOUNDATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to FOUNDATION.

33 Alternative Words Similar to foundation

1 Base Noun      Synonym Words Like Base
2 Fundament Noun      Synonym Words Like Fundament
3 Foot Noun      Synonym Words Like Foot
4 Groundwork Noun      Synonym Words Like Groundwork
5 Substructure Noun      Synonym Words Like Substructure
7 Grounding Noun      Synonym Words Like Grounding
8 Basis Noun      Synonym Words Like Basis
9 Cornerstone Noun      Synonym Words Like Cornerstone
10 Initiation Noun      Synonym Words Like Initiation
11 Founding Noun      Synonym Words Like Founding
12 Institution Noun      Synonym Words Like Institution
13 Origination Noun      Synonym Words Like Origination
14 Creation Noun      Synonym Words Like Creation
15 Innovation Noun      Synonym Words Like Innovation
16 Introduction Noun      Synonym Words Like Introduction
17 Instauration Noun      Synonym Words Like Instauration
18 Assumption Noun      Synonym Words Like Assumption
19 Beginning Noun      Synonym Words Like Beginning
20 Commencement Noun      Synonym Words Like Commencement
21 Education Noun      Synonym Words Like Education
22 Relation Noun      Synonym Words Like Relation
23 Start Noun      Synonym Words Like Start
24 Support Noun      Synonym Words Like Support
25 Supposal Noun      Synonym Words Like Supposal
26 Supposition Noun      Synonym Words Like Supposition
27 Undergarment Noun      Synonym Words Like Undergarment
28 Unmentionable Noun      Synonym Words Like Unmentionable
29 Endowment Noun      Synonym Words Like Endowment
30 Bed Noun      Hyponym Words Like Bed
31 Authorship Noun      Hyponym Words Like Authorship
32 Ground Noun      Hyponym Words Like Ground
33 Footing Noun      Hyponym Words Like Footing

4 examples of foundation

1 the Ford Foundation
2 he stood at the foot of the tower
3 the foundation of a new scientific society
4 a good grounding in mathematics

10 definitions of foundation

1 The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
2 That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
3 The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4 A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
5 That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
6 lowest support of a structure
7 an institution supported by an endowment
8 the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
9 the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
10 education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
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